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ARTICLE · 26 NOVEMBER 2018

European Cybersecurity Standards And Their Implementation Within The Italian Legislative Framework

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The European "Network and Information Security Directive" no. 2016/1148/EU (the "NISD" or the "Directive") is the main step that has been taken by European institutions for the harmonization of European provisions on cybersecurity.

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The European "Network and Information Security Directive" no. 2016/1148/EU (the "NISD" or the "Directive") is the main step that has been taken by European institutions for the harmonization of European provisions on cybersecurity. The NISD grants EU Member States a relevant level of flexibility in terms of national transposition. In this respect Italy has recently adopted the Legislative Decree no. 65/2018 (the "Decree"), duly implementing the above mentioned Directive.

The NISD: a general overview

The NISD main goal is to set high standards of cybersecurity to be respected by each EU Member State. A high level of cybersecurity means that companies covered by NISD should develop their programs of data security with the aim of protecting their overall IT systems. This implies activities of analysis and detection, through techniques such as machine learning, for the identification of cyber attacks patterns. For this purpose the NISD establishes a strong system of

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