National strategic framework for cyberspace security the potential harm is incalculable. Given the growing degree of sophistication of cyber attacks and the ever-increasing dependency of our infrastructures on ICT networks, our very national stability and security are at risk. It is therefore essential to ensure the finest possible protection of our critical ICT assets from attacks that can potentially have devastating effects, as it would be the case in the event of cyber attacks impeding or subverting the correct functioning of the national transport system, or of energy grids, or even of our military Command and Control centers. It is therefore necessary to develop and uphold an innovative defence posture, one that is able to engage the private sector and leverage its skills in the protection of the critical ICT that the latter owns and operates, and that factors the cyber dimension of future conflicts in its strategic doctrine and in the capability planning process. Networks interdependence, the intrinsic asymmetry of the cyber threat, and the pervasiveness of cyberspace in all aspects of everyday life are all features that call for a holistic approach and the synergic efforts of all involved stakeholders if we are to ensure an adequate level of security in cyberspace. The ultimate objectives must be to strengthen our collective ability to preempt an attack, to detect it while it happens, to react to it, to mitigate its effects, to attribute its origin, and to rapidly restore the original functionality, while at the same time retaining the lessons learned from the case. At the international level, Italy is fully engaged in multilateral institutions, first of all within the EU and NATO, as well as with all our bilateral partners, to promote the endorsement and respect of a set of rules of behavior in the digital arena that is consistent with our values, and to facilitate the emergence of a shared approach to cyberspace governance, so that the International Community as a whole can effectively cope with the challenges laying ahead. At the domestic level, it is of outmost importance the promotion of a well-coordinated and multi-dimensional approach in order to provide for the convergence of all Public Administrations efforts toward the achievement of objectives that are mutually reinforcing with those of the private sector and the academia. In the current financial and economic tightening, we cannot allow for any duplication of efforts and we must therefore seek any possible synergy, keeping in mind that the budget allocation that will be necessary constitute not only a net saving if compared with the possible damage cyber 6