Intelligence, IT Systems Security and Operational Technology are some of the topics covered in the context of cyber warfare. It took place on Thursday 12 December in the prestigious Atlantic Victory Room of the Command of the
1. Air Region, the 10th Conference
Cyber Warfare with the participation of distinguished figures from the military and academic worlds, as well as authoritative representatives from several national companies operating in the sector. For the Defence sector, the Commander of the Joint Force Cyber Operations Command, Brigadier General Giorgio Cipolloni, spoke. Air Division General Silvano Frigerio, Commander of the 1st Air Region, in extending a welcome to the participants, echoed the words of the Chief of Defence, General Vecciarelli, by emphasising the process of developing cyber capability and digitalisation as essential and strategically relevant elements for Defence, highlighting how “
innovation and digitalisation together must constitute the true acceleration of Defence organisation for the future”Various topics were covered, such as: the evolution and prospects of threats and conflict in cyberspace, the national cyber security perimeter and
Golden Power, the offensive use of digital content“
algorithmically”manipulated: threat scenarios and countermeasures, the evolution of defence against cyber attacks, the evolution of the terrorist threat in Cyber Warfare, the responsibility for protecting the premises of International Organisations: a
overview of the Geneva and Vienna offices and the impact of the national cyber security perimeter on corporate business. Among the various speeches that followed, particular attention was not only paid to the need to encourage strong sector investments in order to achieve a greater focus on the ecosystem “
Public Administration”, “
Private Administrations”, “
University”and“
National Military Academies”, but the message of Professor Gori, President of the University Centre for Strategic and International Studies, was also emphasised, who views cybernetics as one of the instruments of national power useful for achieving increasingly strategic objectives.
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