'Strengthen monitoring of vulnerable security systems after hacker attacks'

Monitoring of the most vulnerable IT security systems will be strengthened following the cyber attacks recorded in recent days. This is what emerged from the National Committee for Public Order and Security which met this morning at the Interior Ministry. The meeting, which lasted about two hours, was chaired by the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi.

At the center of the meeting was the examination of security risks linked to cyber attacks and the cyber threat. Present were the heads of the police forces, intelligence services and representatives of the National Cybersecurity Agency.

Further measures to be implemented have been evaluated, with the aim of strengthening the level of protection of public administrations, critical infrastructures, businesses and citizens. This is what emerged from the National Committee for Public Order and Security, in which an in-depth analysis of cyber threats was also carried out.

Among the shared interventions - the Interior Ministry announced - the strengthening of the connection of the info-investigative activity already underway between the police force, the intelligence sector, bodies and agencies active in cybersecurity; greater information exchange with public and private operators; investments to strengthen the protection of systems and response capacity aimed at guaranteeing ever greater conditions of security and public order.

The Committee, chaired at the Interior Ministry by the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi, was attended by, in addition to the heads of the intelligence and police forces, the Chief of Defense Staff, the National Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor and representatives of the National Cybersecurity Agency.

The common feature of the recent cyber attacks that emerged during the meeting is the intention of the hackers to create elements of destabilization and to spread alarms, which later proved to be unfounded, affecting the reputation of the institutions targeted. At the center of the summit, the Interior Ministry announced, was the "resilience" of Italian systems, "continuity of services" and methods used in recent cyber attacks.