Z&P’s Fabio Ruini attended the ECSO Annual General Assembly in Brussels

Dr. Fabio Ruini, responsible for Z&P’s cyber-security activities, attended in Brussels the Annual Generaly Assembly of ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation) held on the 21st June 2017.

The event represented the opportunity for summarising the activities carried out by ECSO and its members in the previous year and for deciding on the entrance of new members into the organisation (now 205).

The Annual General Assembly also served for electing the new members of the ECSO Board of Directors (3 from the users/operators category, 2 from the SMEs, 2 from RTO/university, 1 from regions/clusters, 5 from large companies) and of the Partnership Board.

Europe and the challenges of radicalisation: what answers? (Rome, 22nd June 2017)

Zanasi & Partners, as participant to the European security research project TRIVALENT, is delighted to invite you to the conference titled “Europe and the challenges of radicalisation: what answers?”.

The conference will take place on the 22nd of June 2017, from 4:00PM to 6:30PM, at the Chamber of Deputies (Sala del Mappamondo, Piazza Montecitorio 1) in Rome, according to the agenda available online. The meeting will constitute the inaugural event of TRIVALENT.

TRIVALENT (Terrorism pReventIon Via rAdicaLisation countEr-NarraTive), funded by the European Commission under the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme, is carried out by an international consortium comprising 22 organisations (including 12 police forces) representing 10 different countries. Aim of the project is to study the violent radicalisation phenomenon, as it takes places both on line and within penitentiaries, and to develop tools for contrasting it, including the production of ad hoc counter-narratives.

Participation to the conference is free of charge, although early registration is mandatory. You are therefore kindly asked to confirm your participation, by getting in touch with Mr. Alessandro Bonzio via email (alessandro.bonzio@zanasi-alessandro.eu) or via phone (+39 333 5053983).

Access to the room is allowed until reaching the maximum allowance permitted and following the exhibition of an ID.

Semi-formal/business dress code will be in place (jacket and tie required for men).

A simultaneous translation (English -> Italian, Italian -> English) service will be provided during the conference.

Z&P’s Alessandro Bonzio participated to the ACXIS/BODEGA/C-BORD/CORE/SOURCE Joint Exploitation Event in Paris

Mr. Alessandro Bonzio has represented Zanasi & Partners and the BODEGA project consortium at the Joint Exploitation Event, carried out in Paris, at the Institut de la Gestion Publique et du Développement Économique – IGPDE (Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances) on the 19th May 2017.

Mr. Bonzio has delivered a speech exploring the exploitation potential of the activities carried out by Zanasi & Partners within the BODEGA project, with a special focus on a solution for early detection of high-risk travellers. Building on the research carried out during the project, Z&P has enriched its advisory portfolio with a new set of services specifically aimed at supporting the design of risk assessment software that meets the operational as well as the human factor needs of border control officers.

ACXIS, BODEGA, C-BORD, CORE, SOURCE Joint Exploitation Event (Paris, 19th May 2017)

On the 19th of May 2017, Zanasi & Partners will represent the BODEGA consortium during a Joint Exploitation Event that will see the participation of representatives from 5 EC-funded security research initiatives:

• ACXIS (Automated Comparison of X-ray Images for Cargo Scanning);
• BODEGA (Proactive enhancement of human performance in border control);
• C-BORD (Effective Container inspection at BORDer control points);
• CORE;
• SOURCE (Societal security network).

The event will take place in Paris, at the Institut de la Gestion Publique et du Développement Économique – IGPDE (Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances, 20 allée Georges Pompidou, 94306 Vincennes – map), starting at 9:00AM (registration since 8:30AM).

Registration for the event is required. Attendees should confirm their participation on the Community Management Tool (CMT):

1. Register to the CMT (follow this link and please include your first name and last name for the field “display name”)
2. Join the group “C-BORD Community”
3. Register to the meeting: https://www.eurtd.com/cmt/events/event/view/8234/acxis-bodega-c-bord-core-source-joint-exploitation-event

A draft agenda of the event can be found here.

ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation) – working group 4 meeting in Rome, 15th May 2017

On the next 15th of May, on the premises of University of Rome “La Sapienza”‘s DIS (in via Ariosto, 25), it will be hosted an event organised by ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation) and dedicated to the world of Italian SMEs.

Since the beginning, ECSO has recognised the strategic role played by SMEs within the cyber security ecosystem. Because of that it was decided to create a dedicated Working Group (WG4), which aims at proposing concrete actions, at the EU-level, that could help the development of SMEs.

On the next 15th of May, also thanks to the support provided by MISE, a meeting of the WG4 (also open to representatives from Italian companies non-members of ECSO) will take place in Rome.

The objectives of the meeting are threefold:

• to deepen the awareness about SME needs (both in terms of managing cyber risks and for what concerns access to the market);
• to present the work in progress in ECSO and, in particular, a white paper on the SME positioning related to strategic market themes (certification/labelling, R&D funding, training, private investment, regional approach), which is currently being finalised;
• to investigate possible synergies with local actors.

The draft agenda of the event is available here.

To register, please fill in the registration form.

Radicalization in Europe. Media, social media and prevention narratives mid-term workshop of SAFFRON (Semantic Analysis against Foreign Fighters Recruitment Online Network)

Download the agenda here.

Zanasi & Partners participated to the SOTERIA final exercise at Barreiro, Portugal

On the 23rd of February 2017, Dr. Fabio Ruini and Mr. Daniele Pinotti, on behalf of Zanasi & Partners, took part in Barreiro, Portugal at the final exercise of the SOTERIA project.

SOTERIA (Proactive Enhancement of Human Performance in Border Control) is a three-year research effort funded by the European Commission under the FP7 programme. Its aim is innovate citizens’ and public safety organisations’ approach to communication during emergency situations, with a particular emphasis on incorporating all communications channels available, including social media, for the reciprocal benefit of all the parties involved.

The final exercise, organised by Tekever (coordinator of the SOTERIA project) and by Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR), and attended by representatives from several Portuguese public safety organisations, consisted in the simulation of three different emergency situations:

• the collapse of a building, following an earthquake, with people trapped under the debris;
• an incident inside a chemical factory, with contamination of workers;
• a car accident resulted with people fallen into a river.

During the simulations, participants in the exercise were actively using social media platforms to communicate about the different emergencies unfolding. The SOTERIA team, from inside a military tent equipped for acting as control centre, tested the software tools developed during the project, capable of gathering social media posts, filter and analyse them, and then pass the relevant information to the organisations in charge of the emergency response.

The final exercise represented a valuable opportunity for the SOTERIA consortium to further test the software tools developed throughout the project and gather feedback

For more information, please visit the SOTERIA project website.