CSIRT-PoliTO

MISSION

The purposes of CSIRT-PoliTO are:

  • to assist the users of the Politecnico di Torino implementing proactive measures to reduce the risk of computer security incidents;
  • to assist the users of the Politecnico di Torino network in responding to such incidents when they occur;
  • to support the reporting of incidents.

CSIRT-PoliTO operates under the auspices of the Politecnico di Torino members and the supervision of the Politecnico di Torino management.
The CSIRT is expected to follow the Incident Response Plan and is authorized to take appropriate action necessary to contain, investigate and remediate a security incident.
In case of missing support from the local IT administrators and users, it has authority to filter involved node(s) on the Politecnico di Torino border routers and/or firewalls, obtain from the IT Department of Politecnico di Torino the down of the router port(s) involved and execute the shutdown of the equipment(s).
In case of incidents that may have criminal consequences, can cooperate with Politecnico di Torino Lawers and management to engage and co-operate with Law Enforcement Agencies.
CSIRT-PoliTO coordinate Incident Management and make all the necessary notification to National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN), Law Enforcement Agencies and, in accordance with DPO, to the National Data Protection Authority (Garante della Privacy).