National strategic framework for cyberspace security MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Communication Department Promotes, develops and regulates electronic communications. Communications and Information Technologies (Istituto Superiore delle Comunicazioni e delle Tecnologie dell’InformazioneISCOM). • ISCOM is: • It is the national Authority in charge of the regulations in matters of security and integrity of electronic communication system – as set in Art. 16 bis of Legislative Decree no. 259/2003 – and cooperates with other national and international bodies in this subject; – Is the Certification Authority of IT Security (OCSI); – Participates in the activities promoted by ENISA for the protection of critical IT infrastructures; ­– Participates in the works of several international and European bodies involved in the issue of Internet Governance; ­– Is in the charge of the surveillance of country-code top-level domains in the context of the Italian Registry of ccTLD “.it”; ­– Is involved in the European program “safer Internet”; ­– Carries out research activities in cooperation with research centers and Universities in various fields regarding electronic • As set in the above mentioned law, the Ministry of Economic Development: – Identifies technical and organization measures for the security and integrity of the networks and verifies that the networks operators and the suppliers of ITC services comply with them; – Collects from the networks operators and the suppliers of ITC services notifications of severe cyber incidents and forward them to the EU Commission and ENISA; – Operates the national CERT (CERT-N); – Represents Italy at ENISA - through the Director of the Institute for 38