Cyber specialists will receive a qualification and will serve an initial five-year commitment
Italy’s Council of Ministers approved late Monday a reform strengthening the armed forces’ role in protecting national security in cyberspace, establishing a dedicated military cyber domain and creating a new category of cyber specialists within the defence system.
The reform, sponsored by Italian Minister of Defence Guido Crosetto, defines a national cyberspace area of interest for defence and military security, whose boundaries will be identified and periodically updated by the Defence Ministry.
The move gives the military a clearer mandate over cyber operations linked to national defence, while maintaining the existing responsibilities of the Prime Minister, Interior Minister, intelligence agencies, the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) and the Office for Security of Classified Information.
Under the new framework, the Chief of Defence Staff will become the cyber authority of the Ministry of Defence and will hold overall responsibility for defence ministry data, within the limits of existing national cyber governance structures.
