The renewal of the agreement between the State Police and SIA was signed for the prevention and contrast of cybercrimes which concern information systems and services of particular relevance for the country.
The agreement, signed by the Chief of Police - General Director of Public Security, Franco Gabrielli, and by the Chief Executive Officer of SIA, Nicola Cordone, falls within the scope of the directives issued by the Minister of the Interior for the enhancement of the prevention activity to Cybercrime through the stipulation of agreements with operators that provide essential infrastructures and services.
SIA is a hi-tech company, controlled by CDP Equity, a leader in Card & Merchant Solutions, Digital Payment Solutions and Capital Market & Network Solutions for Central Banks, Financial Institutions, Public Administrations and Companies.
The Group, which provides services in 50 countries around the world, represents a critical infrastructure of national interest - in particular in the management of payment services and access to financial markets - and, therefore, it is necessary to ensure the integrity of the functional IT systems to pursue the corporate mission.
The agreement represents a further and significant step in the process of building an effective collaboration between public and private: a project which, in consideration of the insidiousness of cyber threats and the changeability with which they present themselves, is a fundamental tool for the creation of an effective system to combat cybercrime, therefore based on information sharing and operational cooperation.
For the State Police, this task is ensured by the National Cyber Anticrime Center for the Protection of Critical Infrastructures of the Postal and Communications Police Service, which for years has been involved in the protection of computer networks of public and private realities of national and national importance. strategic importance for the country.