Tools and Procedures to Strengthen National Cyber Defence Capability
Operational Guidelines
Enhance the expertise of the
intelligence community, the Armed
Forces, the Police and of the Civil
Protection Department to effectively
prevent, identify, react to, manage,
mitigate and neutralize malicious
activities targeting national ICT
networks in order to curb the
negative impact that these activities
may have on the systems that
support the provision of services of
public interest, and to restore their
original functionality.
Identify the Network and
Information Security (NIS) Authority
that will engage at the European
level, both with individual member
states and with the EU Commission,
to share information and counter
risks and incidents affecting ICT
networks and systems.
the objective of enhancing
ICT cybersecurity prevails
on any market competition
consideration;
• Periodic national exercises
involving, along with public
sector stakeholders, relevant
private sector operators;
• Compulsory reporting to
competent authorities of
computer incidents occurring
in strategic sectors;
• The definition of information
sharing procedures and
templates.
Improve
public-private
partnerships in order to ensure a
continuous, secure and trustworthy
flow of information which would
allow the private sector to share
information on the attacks and
incidents occurring in its networks,
and to receive in turn risks and
vulnerabilities
assessment
to
strengthen its preparedness.
The public-private partnership
will be facilitated by the following
specific provisions:
• The creation of joint
working groups, in which
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Increase
monitoring
and
analytical capabilities in order to be
able to foresee the potential risks
that technological innovation can
bring about.
Develop the capabilities of the
Armed Forces to plan and conduct
computer network operations.
Foresee a regular exchange
of best practices and lessons
learned between private and public
stakeholders, with a view also to
facilitate reciprocal understanding
and to foster joint training of
personnel.