Italian Cybersecurity Core Tasks A real improvement of the Italian cybersecurity landscape cannot be achieved without full commitment of public and private stakeholders. For this reason, the Plan aims at engaging relevant private companies, academia and research centers (see AI 8). As far as the research sector is concerned, specific initiatives —possibly backed by a legal entity (eg. foundation)— aim to (see AIs 2, 6, 7): • Support start-ups or other relevant entrepreneurial activities (through venture capital funds). UPDATED CYBERSECURITY CRISIS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM • Create a National Cybersecurity R&D Center responsible —among other things— for developing malware analysis, security governance, Critical Infrastructures’ protection, threat analysis, etc. • Create a National Cryptographic Center responsible for codes/algorithms and blockchain development and security assessments. Regarding the public sector, key institutions are called upon to take part in a systemic, coherent, and detailed intervention to improve national cybersecurity. In particular, the new National Cybersecurity Management Board, at the center of the Italian cybersecurity framework, aims at facilitating governance simplification by cutting decision-making processes short and rationalizing both ordinary and emergency procedures. The Ministry of Interior (in particular, the National Anti-crime Computer Centre for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure CNAIPIC) plays a key role in protecting IT Critical Infrastructures thanks to its investigative and forensic capabilities. 11