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Among the primary goals of Italy's Digital
Transformation are:
Making Italy a more digital, competitive, and
resilient country.
Improving the efficiency and transparency of
public administration.
Fostering the growth and innovation of the
production system.
Promoting digital inclusion and the spread of
digital culture.
In detail, here are some of the milestones that
the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR)
aims to achieve in terms of digitalization:
Increasing the percentage of companies using
advanced digital technologies to 40% by 2026.
Achieving 95% ultra-broadband coverage of the
population by 2026.
Migrating at least 75% of public services to the
cloud by 2026.
The allocation of funds is based on two main
areas:
Digitalization of Public Administration:
Approximately 6.1 billion euros and development of
digital infrastructure: 2.1 billion euros for the
creation of high-speed network infrastructure, the
migration of public services (around 2,000) to the
cloud, and the digitalization of administrative
processes in healthcare, justice, labor, and
education.
Development of Digital Skills: 1.7 billion euros
for the training of public administration staff
and the spread of digital culture.
Acquisition of Digital Solutions: 2.3 billion
euros for the purchase of technological solutions
and software for the digitalization of public
services.
Digitalization of the Production System:
Approximately 23.9 billion euros and development
of digital skills: 1.5 billion euros for the
training of company personnel and the spread of
digital culture.
Acquisition of Digital Solutions: 18.2 billion
euros for the purchase of technological solutions
and software for the digitalization of companies.
Support for Research and Innovation: 4.2 billion
euros to promote research and digital innovation
in the production system.
All this aims to make Italy a more digital,
competitive, and resilient country. These are
noble and commendable goals that will undoubtedly
enhance the technological level and connectivity
of the country. However, they also imply an
inevitable increase in the exposure of our
infrastructures, administrations, and companies to
the vast Internet. In other words, they expand the
national cyber perimeter (both public and
private), certainly exposing new vulnerabilities
and increasing the cyber risk, i.e., the risk of
being hit by an attack from a "malicious" actor
(researcher, cybercriminal, hacktivist, armed
force, etc.). We must always remember that,
nowadays, when defending any important (strategic,
economic, technological) IT system exposed on the
Internet, the question is not IF it will be
attacked, but WHEN it will happen.
These are the topics that AFCEA Rome Chapter
intends to explore in collaboration with its
member Digital Platforms. The solutions to be
presented during the conference will provide
operational responses to many of the themes of
Digitalization and the corresponding Resilience
that must be implemented to safeguard the national
security perimeter and ensure technological
development. |
