The Cyber 4.0 Competence Center, in collaboration with the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy and the Graduate School of Specialization in Telecommunications, is also promoting a series of webinar mode seminars for 2026 dedicated to professional updating on cybersecurity issues.
Aimed at workers in the public and private sectors, the training consists of six appointments spread throughout the year, each dedicated to a strategic area of digital transformation.
The series covers topics ranging from critical infrastructure protection in the energy and transportation sectors, data security and intellectual property, to emerging challenges related to cybersecurity in healthcare and biotechnology, disinformation and cognitive warfare, post-quantum cryptography, and security of aerospace and dual-use technologies. The goal is to provide an up-to-date overview of key cyber challenges, integrating technical, regulatory, and operational perspectives.
The first meeting of the 2026 cycle will be held on March 18, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. and will be dedicated to the topic: Cyber risk in energy and transportation: protecting critical infrastructure.
As part of the goals of the National Cybersecurity Strategy, the seminar will examine cyber risk in the energy and transportation sectors, with a focus on critical infrastructure protection in the European regulatory framework.
Key threats affecting the energy sector, the evolution of systemic risk through predictive models and what if approaches, and security opportunities and challenges related to the use of Artificial Intelligence in the context of the energy and digital transition will be analyzed.
Speakers during the webinar will include:
Eva Spina, Head of the Department for Digital, Connectivity and New Technologies, Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy (MIMIT);
Matteo Lucchetti, Operations Director of the Cyber 4.0 Competence Center.
Infrastructure and transportation between NIS 2 and CER.
Costantino Fiorillo, Director General, Head of the Central Security Body, MIT.
The role of MASE in the protection of critical energy infrastructure
Mariano Cordone, Director of Natural Gas Division – Directorate General of Energy Markets and Infrastructure – Energy Department, MASE.
Cyber threats to energy infrastructure
Roberto Setola, Director Master in Cybersecurity Management, UniCampus.
Systemic risk and what if models
Luisa Franchina, CEO & partner of Hermes Bay and president of the Italian Association of Critical Infrastructure Experts.
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM): artificial intelligence to support critical infrastructure
Francesco Morelli, Head of Cyber & Information Security, FS Italiane.
Cyber Security in the context of energy and digital transition
Luigi Ballarano, Head of Cyber Security – CISO, Terna.
To participate, you can register via the link available within the playbill.