In February 2022, with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Italy made a far-reaching strategic choice: to invest in building a national ecosystem of excellence for cybersecurity research and innovation. This decision resulted in the creation of the Extended Partnership PE 14 – SERICS (Security and Rights in the CyberSpace), an unprecedented initiative that brought together the country’s best academic, scientific, and industrial expertise around a common mission: strengthening Italy’s ability to address digital security challenges in an increasingly interconnected and vulnerable world.
This collection of contributions documents this extraordinary journey with a twofold objective. On the one hand, it clearly and rigorously highlights the scientific, technological, and operational results achieved in the 10 areas of intervention of SERICS project. On the other, it offers an integrated vision of future challenges, indicating research and application paths that can guide national policies and the strategies of institutions, businesses, and academia.
