All the nonsense about the Italian Cybersecurity Institute
The European tenders to obtain the disbursement of funds do not speak of Institutes (such as the one for Cybersecurity wanted by Conte and Vecchione) to be created but of projects to be implemented. Projects need thinking heads and trained people. Umberto Rapetto's opinion
The much-proclaimed "Italian Institute of Cybersecurity" would not have been skipped for obvious reasons of uselessness, but because the politicians would not have found an agreement on roles and weights in the new structure.
Those who had hoped for a legitimate sinking of yet another bureaucratic machine must now deal with suggestive statements by the usual suspects who wish for the resurrection of a reality destined to be the harbinger of unrepeatable opportunities.
As grandmothers put the little ones to sleep in the evening with sweetened stories, on the political stage the tale of " promoting and supporting the growth of national technological, industrial and scientific skills and abilities in the field of cyber security and cyber protection" is told ".
I was born in a spa town and I immediately realized not to have to try my hand at the invention of hot water that gushed and gushes naturally at 75 degrees in a fountain in the center.
I therefore smile at those who want to make believe that the "security" of computers and networks is something recently discovered (I read in Il Fatto Quotidiano that " a similar structure had already been conceived in 2017, in the then National Cyber Plan, more private and under the control of intelligence, while now he would also refer to the Prime Minister and Ministers of the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Security of the Republic ").
I remember the lessons I held on "cyberwar" at the War School (commanded at the time by Gen. Ficuciello) and those on "technointelligence" at the Sisde Training School (Service at the time directed by Prefect Stelo): it was 1995, year before the release of my book “Cyberwar, the information war” whose preface was written by a future Genoese political leader.
No, don't tell me that “today” it is worth taking care of these things, after a quarter of a century has been lost since – without giving any business prospects – someone bothered to explain what was happening and what would happen.
Have the decency not to come up with the moving story that without the Foundation you will lose a lot of money that would have rained down with the Recovery Fund, not to mention what EU funding sources like Horizon and Digital Europe would have ready for initiatives in the sector. of the most sophisticated technological protection.
Wasting the opportunities for European subsidies and subsidies is a discipline that sees Italy on the highest podium and it seems strange that only now we realize the existence of appropriations aimed at the most diverse purposes.
Calls for the disbursement of funds do not speak of Institutes to be created but of projects to be implemented. Projects need thinking heads and trained people, even if those subjects are unpleasant and are presumed to be not very obedient.
“ The dialogue between private individuals, consumers and other relevant stakeholders ” is favored not with an additional bandwagon, but by placing credible individuals, who cannot be conditioned and endowed with client capacity, in existing positions of responsibility.
There is no need " A centralized, multidisciplinary structure with an adequate critical mass, which allows the effective collaboration of institutions with the world of public and private research, is essential for the development of platforms and architectural solutions at the service of the country and its restart ".
We need someone who knows what we are talking about, who is able to deal with the too many emergencies linked to the weakness of our technological infrastructures, who helps to solve the vexed question of 5G, who is able to coordinate the many resources already available in the Armed Forces and of Police and Intelligence.
We need the seriousness of politics. And it's needed right away, because it could be the first security measure to take.
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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/tutte-le-sciocchezze-istituto-italiano-di-cybersicurezza/ on Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:50:48 +0000.