The "Cyber Eagle 2018", a cyber defense exercise organized by the Air Force Logistic Command with the aim of training units of the Armed Force to respond adequately to cyber threats, has ended today. The exercise, while remaining faithful to the predominantly procedural approach of previous editions, has been enriched with technical and operational content, measuring itself with complex scenarios that have involved the pulsating heart of the Armed Force: the Flocks. The direct involvement, with "live" events, of two departments of the national air defense - the 4 ° Stormo of Grosseto and the 36 ° Stormo of Gioia del Colle - is the main novelty of the Cyber Eagle 2018, unique in its kind thanks to the which integrated training activities were carried out involving 3.000 military and 2.000 computer equipment in the three departments of the Armed Force.
During the exercise a team of soldiers, experts in the cyber sector of the Re.SIA (Automated Information Systems Department) of the Acquasanta - Rome, simulated dozens of critical events - from malware to infiltrate military networks, to cases of disclosure of operational data, phishing e-mails and data exfiltration from computers - to which the CIRT (Computer Incident Response Team), of the two involved Storms, had to cope with adequate defensive actions that were complex and coordinated with all the components of the respective departments. start from the chain of command, without neglecting the legal and communication aspects.
"The ability of the Defense cyber structure to react in an integrated and timely manner is essential to maintain the required levels of operation and intervention of the departments in the event of a cyber offensive," said Colonel Michele Devastato, Commander of the ReSIA, "a threat always more changeable and widespread, which also requires the Armed Forces to invest in human resources, in terms of training and training ".
The Aeronautica Militare, which has always made extensive use of technology with constant attention to innovation and research, has for some years been equipped with a Cybernetic Operations Center, a structure dedicated to the cyber threat to protect its networks and data, but above all to safeguard the ability to operate 365 days a year h24 to safeguard the country, protecting our skies.
The Automated Information Systems Department is located in the prestigious area of the Appia Antica Regional Park, and operates under the 3 ^ Division of the Aeronautical Logistic Command, with the mission of designing, implementing and managing unclassified IT systems and networks. guaranteeing at the same time the cyber defense performing the functions of Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and providing basic training of personnel in the context of Information Communication Technology.