The priority of cybersecurity
Among the main objectives envisaged in the PNRR missions and on which Italy, but more generally all of Europe, is turning particular attention, is the strengthening of the security perimeter in the public and private spheres. In fact, the recent pandemic has led to an increase in the use of digital tools and communication channels to deal with remote work, but, at the same time, it has brought into sharper focus all the critical issues related to data processing and data protection.
With the aim of combining innovation and security equally, it has therefore become a priority for the state and businesses to invest more in cybersecurity to avoid, as has been the case in the recent past, making the mistake again of believing that they are not vulnerable and underestimating the consequences of a cyberattack.
The National Center of Expertise
Thus, the Ministry of Economic Development has promoted and financed Cyber 4.0, a highly specialized National Center of Competence on cybersecurity, which the world of public and private scientific research, institutions and business have joined: a real network with very high innovative potential that aims to develop the competitiveness of the country system, financing research and innovation projects to raise the level of protection from the risk of cyber attacks on systems, processes and strategic assets, both corporate and national, with reference to the following pillars:
- Cyber Security Core Services
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- eHealth.
A panel of about 100 experts regularly involved in achieving the Cyber 4.0 mission has been established within the Center among universities, such as “La Sapienza,” Tor Vergata, Roma Tre and LUISS “Guido Carli, institutions, such as the C.N.R., SFC Confindustria and INAIL, and industrial entities (TIM, Leonardo SpA, Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space, Poste Italiane, SOGEI, etc.).
Netgroup joined the consortium on Nov. 3 to bring its experience and expertise in the field.
Netgroup and Cybersecurity
Our group, which has long had its own Security Operation Center, has always turned its attention to cyber defense techniques and technologies, so much so that it has dedicated an entire business unit to this strategic issue, with the aim of continuously updating the company’s know-how on issues related to digital infrastructure and, in particular, cybersecurity. Technical-commercial partnerships with the most innovative exponents in the field continuously enhance the portfolio of services and products offered in IT and OT networks to be made available to the CYBER 4.0 Competence Center.
Netgroup’s S.O.C. specializes in providing Managed Detection and Response services in both Enterprise I.T. and Industrial O.T.: here we manage on behalf of our Clients the detection, analysis, containment and reporting phases using innovative technologies based on I.A. and Machine Learning.
Netgroup’s offerings also include professional services of a consultative nature in the area of business orientation, with Information Security Assurance activities carried out through information security audits, threat modeling and risk analysis, or even Information Security Advisory through process and practice analysis, scouting of services, solutions and technologies, and production of reports and recommendations to the enterprise.
Netgroup in Cyber 4.0
The company has many years of experience in the Aerospace and Automotive supply chain, having created custom application solutions used within industrial plants, mainly pertaining to Leonardo S.p.A., thus being able to share its technological know-how and experience gained in the realization of secure solutions focused on the management of logistics and production flows of aeronautical, aircraft and automotive components.
All this know-how we pour into the National Competence Center to contribute to Cyber 4.0’s mission, which is to accompany policy makers, businesses and PA on a path of growth toward secure digitization, thanks to concrete, strategic and sustainable solutions based on knowledge, innovative technologies and enabling services developed with the expertise of our network, enhancing the country’s excellence in the European and international context.