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
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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.

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