Bruno Frattasi, who is the new director of the Cybersecurity Agency with no knowledge of cybersecurity
The current prefect of Rome, Bruno Frattasi, is the new director of the National Cybersecurity Agency in place of Roberto Baldoni, de facto resigned from the government. The Start Magazine special on Frattasi's rotation and complete curriculum
The current prefect of Rome, Bruno Frattasi, is the new director of the National Cybersecurity Agency.
The appointment, although not the precise name, was anticipated yesterday by the undersecretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility for 007, Alfredo Mantovano, who was summoned by Copasir just yesterday evening to report on the matter.
For the Agency, therefore, a lightning replacement, given that Roberto Baldoni (director for two years and in fact also the "creator" of the first national authority on information security launched by the Draghi government) resigned last Monday .
A farewell dictated, according to rumors, also by the intensification of hacker attacks which in recent months have targeted the websites of institutions and investee companies. Lastly, the raid by the pro-Russian collective NoName057 , which in recent days had hit the sites of the Ministry of Labor and the Superior Council of the Judiciary ( hackers who later rejoiced over Baldoni's resignation ).
But what actually induced the government to resign Baldoni – who formally resigned – were also the alarms generated by some communications from the Agency itself relating to the latest attacks.
The Accenture case ( here the Start Magazine reconstruction ) also increases the government's findings.
In short, a series of reasons led the executive to personally submit to Baldoni, by the Mantovano undersecretary, some findings which were in fact a sign of distrust for the director of the Agency wanted in that role by the former head of Dis, Franco Gabrielli.
THE BIOGRAPHY OF BRUNO FRATTA IS TAKEN FROM THE WEBSITE OF THE VIMINALE
Bruno Frattasi was born in Naples on April 24, 1956. He is married with two children.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Naples "Federico Il". In 1981 he won the competition for access to the prefectural career. He carries out his activity in Rome, at the Ministry of the Interior, first at the General Directorate of Personnel, then at the Legislative Office in the field of public administration regulation as well as in matters of public safety. From 1998 he joined the staff of direct collaboration of the Minister of the Interior at the Cabinet Office.
In 2005 he was appointed Prefect of the Republic
From November 2006 to June 2007 he held the position of extraordinary commissioner of the Municipality of Gaeta.
From 6 August 2007 to 29 December 2009 he held the position of Prefect of Latina.
From December 30, 2009 to November 29, 2011, he was Director of the Police Force Coordination and Planning Office at the Department of Public Security.
From 1 December 2011 to 1 April 2012 he was Head of the Secretariat of the Minister of the Interior.
From 2 April 2012 he assumed the position of Director of the Legislative Affairs and Parliamentary Relations Office.
He was Coordinator of the Coordination Committee for the High Surveillance of Major Works until the beginning of 2014. During his activity he was part of government delegations in important international assemblies, including participation in the Italian government delegation within the Group Anti-Money Laundering Fund (FATF).
He has published several specialist essays on anti-mafia documentation and is co-author of several scientific publications commenting on the anti-mafia code and on the financial traceability of public contract payments. He was president of the Association of Civil Administration Officials of the Interior (ANFACI).
THE LATEST ASSIGNMENTS
In August 2016, Frattasi assumed the position of department head of the Fire Brigade of Public Rescue and Civil Defence.
From February 2019 to August 2020 he directed the National Agency for the administration and destination of assets seized and confiscated from organized crime. On that occasion he was appointed new head of cabinet of the Ministry of the Interior led by Luciana Lamorgese.
In October 2022 Frattasi was appointed Prefect of Rome, taking over from Matteo Piantedosi, Minister of the Interior.
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START MAGAZINE'S IN-DEPTH ON THE AGENCY AND BALDONI'S SILURATION:
Why is Baldoni no longer director of the National Cybersecurity Agency? Facts and assumptions
The Accenture case shakes the Cybersecurity Agency (Baldoni resigns)
Why are Russian hackers celebrating the torpedoing of Baldoni?
What to do after Baldoni? Rapetto's advice to Meloni: close the Agency and do…
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