Comando Interforze per le Operazioni Cibernetiche
The Comando Interforze per le Operazioni Cibernetiche (CIOC) (German: Armed Forces Command for Cyber Operations ) is an organizational unit of the armed forces of Italy . The CIOC has tasks in the areas of information security , computer network operations , cyber defense and cyber war . It reports directly to the General Staff of the Armed Forces and is based near the Centro Intelligence Interforze military intelligence service in Castel Malnome near Rome, not far from Rome Fiumicino Airport .
organization
The CIOC is not a group command, but an integrated force provider with personnel from all branches of the armed forces. It consists of a staff, an operational area, a training area (with the so-called cyber range at the telecommunications school of the armed forces in Chiavari ) and a cyber lab for research and development tasks.
Among other things, the CIOC is to set up mobile units (cellule operative cibernetiche) , which during military operations are subordinate to the respective commanders or commanders on site, like other units .
history
The list was provided for in a decree of the Italian government from 2013 and the Defense White Paper 2015. A development staff (nucleo initial di formazione) was created at the beginning of 2016. From this, the CIOC was set up in 2017, which should achieve initial operational capability at the end of the year , and then full operational capability in 2019 . An integration of the older Comando C4 Difesa is planned.