STEP FORWARD FOR CYBER-SECURITY IN ITALY

UNCLAS ROME 003622 SIPDIS NSC FOR CYBERSPACE SECURITY OFFICE - PAUL KURTZ STATE FOR PM/PPA - MARKOFF COMMERCE TO CIAO - LOMBARD AND HURLEY DOD FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (MANNO) AND IA (LENTZ) JUSTICE FOR RICHARD DOWNING JOINT STAFF FOR J-5 HOMELAND SECURITY AND USEUCOM J-5 DOT FOR RSPA ADMIN ENGLEMAN DOE FOR OFFICE OF ENERGY ASSURANCE (MCDONNELL) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON KCIP IT EUN SUBJECT: STEP FORWARD FOR CYBER-SECURITY IN ITALY REFS: A) ROME 02533 B) ROME 03437 ¶1. LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER OUR BILATERAL INITIATIVE ON THE SUBJECT, THE GOI IS TAKING A STEP FORWARD TO BETTER PROTECT KEY GOVERNMENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS FROM ATTACK (REF A). POST HAS LEARNED THAT ITALY IS CREATING A COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE AND LEAD PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PROTECTION ACTIVITIES. THE COMMITTEE WILL BE A JOINT-VENTURE BETWEEN THE INNOVATION MINISTRY AND THE COMMUNICATIONS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 03622 231226Z MINISTRY, AND BE MADE UP OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS (THREE APPOINTED BY THE INNOVATION MINISTRY AND TWO APPOINTED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY). THE DECREE ENACTING THE CREATION OF THE COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNED BY INNOVATION MINISTER STANCA AND SHOULD BE SIGNED BY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER GASPARRI SHORTLY. THE MINISTERS ENVISION THE COMMITTEE WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL IN SEPTEMBER. ¶2. AS PART OF OUR ON-GOING FOLLOW-UP TO OUR LATE APRIL -EARLY MAY CRITICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE (CIIP) (REF. B),WE WILL FOLLOW THIS MATTER CLOSELY AND BE IN CONTACT WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONCE THEY ARE NAMED. SEMBLER UNCLASSIFIED > 2002ROME03622 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED