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Now in its fifth year and addressed
to all Finmeccanica security
and IT managers, Security
Forum 2010 represented an opportunity
for Group companies to exchange
experiences and best practices, as well
as to learn from some of the world’s
leading security experts, customers, academics,
technology partners and representatives
of the main government
and military authorities.
The event took place in Francavalle al
Mare (Chieti) on October 19 and 20,
and was promoted by the local administration
in Pescara.
THE CYBER SECURITY SCENARIO
Opening the conference, Elsag Datamat
Chairman Alberto de Benedictis
presented some interesting statistics
about the growth of cyber crime and
the measures being introduced by governments
around the world to fight
the phenomenon. “In 2009 – de Benedictis
explained – the US Secretary of
State for Defense, Robert Kates, declared
that cyber space is the fifth military
dominion, together with the
earth, the sea, the sky and space. Recently
the United States set up the ‘US
Cyber Command’ under the leadership
of General Keith Alexander, who emphasised
the defensive role played by
the organisation: every day the Pentagon
has to defend 7 million personal
computers running on 15,000 IT networks
in four thousand sites throughout
the world. The great American
worry is that the IT war has one of the
lowest cost/effectiveness ratios ever
and is permeating all sectors, particu-
nomeno. “Nel 2009 – come ha spiegato
de Benedictis – il Segretario di Stato
USA per la Difesa, Robert Kates, ha dichiarato
che il cyber space è il quinto
dominio militare che si aggiunge agli
altri quattro (terra, mare cielo e spazio).
Recentemente, negli Stati Uniti è stato
costituito lo ‘US Cyber Command’ affidato
al generale Keith Alexander, il
quale ha sottolineato il ruolo prettamente
difensivo di questa struttura:
ogni giorno il Pentagono deve difendere
i suoi 7 milioni di pc, che operano su
15.000 reti informatiche in quattromila
siti in tutto il mondo. La vera grande
preoccupazione americana è che la
guerra informatica ha un rapporto
costo/efficacia tra i più bassi della storia
e sta permeando tutti i settori, in particolare
quello delle imprese e del mondo
finanziario. È del 18 ottobre 2010 l’annuncio
da parte del Regno Unito della
nuova strategia sulla sicurezza nazionale
che mette la sicurezza informatica
al primo posto. È dello stesso giorno la
pubblicazione della ricerca annuale
fatta da Kroll, la maggiore agenzia investigativa
del mondo, sul furto d’informazioni
aziendali: da un sondaggio di
ottocento imprese, oltre il 27% ha registrato
nel 2009 un evento serio di furto
d’informazioni o dati, percentuale che
sale al 40% nell’ambito di aziende a elevato
contenuto tecnologico o aziende
bancarie; l’88% delle società ha avuto
almeno un evento di danno economico
causato da frode perpetrata in rete. È
stato questo il primo anno in cui l’incidenza
del cyber crime è stata superiore
alle denunce di furti o danni fisici alle
imprese”.
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Alberto de Benedictis, Presidente di Elsag Datamat
Alberto de Benedictis, Elsag Datamat Chairman
larly business and finance. On October
18, 2010 the United Kingdom announced
its new national security
strategy in which the priority is given
to IT security. On the same day Kroll,
the world’s largest investigation
agency, published its annual report on
business information theft. Based on a
survey of eight hundred businesses,
more than 27% reported a serious
theft of information or data in 2009, a
figure which rises to 40% for advanced
technology companies and banks; 88%
of companies reported at least one
episode of economic damage caused
by internet fraud. This is the first year
that more cyber crimes were reported
than physical theft or damage to companies”.
WHAT BUSINESS IS SAYING
Over the last twenty years the security
model in companies has gradually
evolved in line with the needs of the
market and businesses: from security
that focuses primarily on tangible assets
and perimeter security, to a business
oriented model with a greater
focus on intangible assets and total
risk governance. This model balances
prevention and reaction activities,
achieving the right mix of competences
in the areas of physical, logical
and IT security, business continuity, internal
and external anti-fraud policy,
privacy requirements and, therefore,
governance of all risks across the
board. These were the comments of
Giuseppe Femia representing AIPSA,
the Italian association of corporate security
professionals.