Who will join the next
Italian Cyberdefender Team?

Who will join the next
Italian Cyberdefender Team?

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The Cybersecurity National Lab of CINI (Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l'Informatica) has received a mandate from the Cybersecurity Unit of the Italian Republic to form the Italian Cyberdefender Team representing Italy in international cybersecurity competitions.
ENISA annually organizes the European Cyber Security Challenge (ECSC) to favor the exchange of knowledge and talents overall Europe. The competion is open to all European countries and each nation organizes a team composed by 10 players between 14 and 25 years old.
In Italy, the national team is formed by the best young talents selected from the training programs organized by the Cybersecurity National Lab. Team members goes away in a training session, to know each others and the coaches, and to sharpen their technical skills before the challenge.
TeamItaly is one of the actions aimed at implementing the Measure #65 of the Implementation Plan of the Italian National Cybersecurity Strategy 2022-2026 of the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency.

TeamItaly 2026

Team

Marco Balducci
Donato Barone
Roberto Alessandro Bertolini
Alan Davide Bovo
Carlo Collodel
Simone Di Maria
Jacopo Di Pumpo
Guido Donati
Christian Fiorenzo
Lorenzo Leonardini
Leonardo Mattei
Leonardo Mazzorana
Marco Meinardi
Andrea Miele
Leandro Pagano
Manuele Pandolfi
Gennaro Pierro
Gabriel Prostitis
Lorenzo Siriu
Alessandro Zanier

Coach

Mario Polino

Technical managers

Giulia Martino
Matteo Rossi

Infrastructure manager

Giovanni Minotti

Team manager

Emilio Coppa

ECSC Executive Committee

Gaspare Ferraro

ECSC Steering Committee

Paolo Prinetto

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