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7 June 2023
After last year’s NATO Summit in June, marked by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, in the document known as the Strategic Concept - an act that ratifies NATO’s new posture with respect to future threats - we understand how the alarm of political decision-makers of the member countries of the Alliance is above all related to the new frontiers of conflicts which, among other priorities, sees an emphasis placed on the growing interweaving between the cyber and space dimensions. The European Commission and the High Representative recently adopted a Joint Communication on an enhanced EU maritime security strategy aimed at ensuring peaceful use of the seas and protecting the maritime sector from new threats. They also adopted an updated action plan that will implement the strategy. Up to 99% of global data flows are transmitted through submarine cables, which are also subject to cyber and hybrid attacks. It is mandatory to make the Underwater Domain even more secure from a cybernetic point of view. The maritime safety is of vital importance for the European Union and its Member States and, precisely in this sense, the European Commission and the High Representative Borrell have foreseen an updated action plan which will implement the strategy. .
Autorithy
Hon. Matteo Perego di Cremnago, Under Secretary of Defense
Chairman
Gen. Giuseppe Morabito, NATO Foundation
Opening by SSSD
Participants
Prof. Michele Colajanni, University of Bologna
Assistant Prof. Luca Valcarenghi, Istituto Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa
Dr. Andrea Gilli, Senior Researcher NATO Defence College
Rear Admiral Francesco Procaccini, Chief of the C4S Dept. of the General Staff of the Navy
Dr. Mario Beccia , Deputy NATO Chief information Officer for Cybersecurity, NATO Headquarters
Dr. Pierangela Pitzolu, International Government Business Development Director - Telsy
Dr. Gennaro Faella – SVP Strategic Innovation & Development, Leonardo