The agreement between the State Police and the 24 ORE Group was signed yesterday in Rome for the prevention and fight against computer crimes involving information systems and services of particular importance for the country. The agreement, signed by the Central Director for the Traffic, Railway, Communications Police and for the Special Departments of the State Police Daniela Stradiotto, and by the CEO of the 24 ORE Group Giuseppe Cerbone, falls within the scope of the directives issued by the Minister of ” Internal for the enhancement of the cybercrime prevention activity through the stipulation of agreements with operators who provide essential services.
«The agreement we have signed – said Ivano Gabrielli, director of the Postal and Communications Police – is very important because it establishes the recognition of the protection requirements of the 24 ORE Group’s systems, considered a critical computerized infrastructure. The agreement – continues Gabrielli – is part of the Cnaipic protocol (The National Cybercrime Center for the protection of critical infrastructures; ed), aimed at establishing partnerships to protect the country’s critical infrastructures by testing and certifying high standard levels of preparation for possible cyber attacks “.
Thanks to the agreement, a 24-hour relationship will be established between Cnaipic and the 24 ORE Group, in a daily communication comparison regarding all the safety information that is collected by Cnaipic and its territorial divisions and shared with stakeholders and partners. institutional. Thanks to the agreement, the 24 ORE Group effectively enters this circle of protection from criminal threats.
Gabrielli specifies the meaning of the agreement even better: «Our legal system covers all cyber threats except those explicitly classified as coming from other states. But we know very well that these types of attacks never have an explicit authorship and are considered within the broader category of hybrid threats: those threats that in fact can be covered, stimulated or sponsored by other states but which obviously do not assume a paternity. officially state “. And Gabrielli clarifies: «Il Sole 24 Ore, although not comparable to a public body, is still a reference information body, endowed with recognized independence. With its own activity, therefore, it can determine the development of the country’s financial, industrial and economic activities. With the agreement the delicacy of the function of your group and the particular sensitivity of your infrastructures worthy of protection are recognized de facto. More: – added Gabrielli – the 24 ORE Group performs an important function which is to inform the public of investors and savers of what is the economic trend of the country and of everything that moves around it on the scene. world. All this supports the fact that yours is a private infrastructure with a role that rises to an institutional function: that of information, with a further sensitivity linked to aspects of the financial market. Protecting your critical infrastructure, therefore, indirectly also protects the financial markets and the economy more generally ».