With the final conference on April 5, held in the presence of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Air Force Corps General Aurelio Colagrande, and of Logistics Commander of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Roberto Comelli, It has come to an end Cyber Eagle 2021, The annual exercise of the Air Force has reached its 6th edition and is aimed at training the departments in the field of Cyber Defence, organised by Automated Information Systems Department (Re.S.I.A.) of Acquasanta (Rome) and from Logistics Command of the Italian Air Force.
The event began with a greeting from Commander of the Re.S.I.A., Colonel Pier Luigi Scaparra, In welcoming the numerous guests from the military and industry sectors, he presented the objectives and results of the exercise.
It The main element of the new feature Compared to previous editions, in which we focused on specific Departments of the Italian Air Force, this was the Involvement of a wide and transversal audience that affected the entire Armed Forces.
The central theme of the exercise was’increase of cyber awareness of military personnel in blue through a distance training platform, activated from September 2021 until March 2022, which enabled them to operate in a dispersed manner across the territory with an experiential training system, which enabled them to increase the staff’s preparedness and therefore the level of security of the organization in countering threats cyber.
“The cyber sector – emphasized the Logistics Commander, Air Chief Marshal Roberto Comelli – It represents a cross-cutting sector for the Armed Forces in which AM invests and will invest heavily in the coming years in terms of human resources and competitiveness, aware of the strategic importance assumed by cyberspace.”.
In parallel with the training of the staff, the Cyber Eagle It also saw an executive phase that took place from November 29 to December 3, 2021, specifically testing the Cybernatic Command and Control Chain of the Armed Forces and the response to the cyber incident, which consisted of CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) of the Air Force, composed of CERT-CC (Coordination Center) located at the General Department of Security (SMA-RGS) and from CERT-TC (Technical Center) located at the Re.S.I.A., With the help of Advanced solutions and new artificial intelligence algorithms, which allow you to analyze and manage a complex volume of data efficiently and effectively, otherwise difficult to manage. The exercise Cyber Eagle It was created thanks to the collaboration with the company DEAS SpA, technological partner of the event.
“The Air Force’s goal is to increase the awareness and expertise of personnel in the field.”he commented on the sidelines of the event,” Commander of the 3rd Division of the Logistics Command, General of the Brigade Vincenzo Falzarano, “as well as strengthening forms of collaboration and sharing with other Armed Forces and corporate entities, in order to be part of a single system in facing the challenges of cyber-domination”.
