Italy’s National Cyber Command Ramps Up AI-Aware Defenses for High-Profile Event

As Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics approached, Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency intensified efforts to anticipate and mitigate cyber threats — especially those leveraging AI to automate attacks. With global attention on every connected service, from ticketing portals to athlete data platforms, specialist teams were deployed to monitor dark web chatter, scan for emerging malware signatures, and coordinate incident response across international partners. Lessons from prior global events showed that attackers do not pause for festivities, and that proactive intelligence sharing and threat hunting are critical to resilience in high-availability environments. These preparations demonstrate the increasing convergence of national security imperatives with advanced cybersecurity R&D, particularly in forecasting and early-warning capabilities against automated threat actors.

28-01-2026