The fact that cyber attacks have come to be seen by States as the number one threat to national security is also evident in the recent organizational choices made by Italy and Germany in this challenge. Recently, both Rome and Berlin have adopted measures that revise the defensive setup on this treacherous front.
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Italy focuses on a joint cyber command
The bill approved by the Italian government on August 5 on the “strengthening and adaptation of national defense capabilities,” for example, includes among its main innovations the creation of a dedicated sector for the cyber threat within the Defense. The Chief of Staff holds the role of cyber authority of the Defense and sole responsibility for the Ministry’s data, without prejudice to the powers of the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior, the Intelligence Agencies, the National Cybersecurity Agency, and the Central Office for Secrecy. The Information and Security Department of the Defense Staff is renamed the Joint Cyber Intel Command. A Joint Training Center for combat and hybrid threat countermeasures is established under the direct authority of the Chief of Staff of the Defense. The structure is headed by a major general.
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In Germany, foreign intelligence intervenes against the IT infrastructures of foreign powers
After the defense reform and the transformation of the Bundeswehr, the German army, on Wednesday, August 12, Berlin approved the reform of the intelligence services in the Federal Republic, which now goes to parliament for review. Until now, German agents had very limited capabilities, while the draft of the new law provides that they become much more effective and operational, both in defense and attack, acquiring powers of direct intervention and transforming into real 007 agents. The reform also concerns the BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst), the foreign intelligence service, which will be able to actively intervene against IT infrastructures of foreign powers during cyber attacks or disinformation campaigns. It will also be able to operate within the country. It will also be authorized to resort to the use of force, referred to by the term “Kinetisches Mittel” (“kinetic means”), but the text does not clarify whether this constitutes a true license to kill, as is the case for the CIA and Mossad.
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