UE and G7, Submarine Cables as a Strategic Asset for Network Security

The Russo-Ukrainian conflict has highlighted the urgency of also controlling energy and data transport infrastructure. The projects of the EU, Australia, India, and Japan for the creation of autonomous submarine connections are the first step towards securing internet networks. However, the real issues remain the control of transport and Internet governance, as stated by Andrea Monti, adjunct professor of Digital Law in the master’s degree program in Digital Marketing at the University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net. Continue reading “UE and G7, Submarine Cables as a Strategic Asset for Network Security”

The “Meta-Mega-Fine” and the understandable inconsistency of the Data Protection Commissioners

The news of the ‘meta-mega-fine’ of over one billion euros imposed on the social networking platform by the Irish Data Protection Authority highlights once again the fundamental flaw in the political use of personal data protection rules and the inconsistency of the authorities responsible for enforcing them by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech Blog Continue reading “The “Meta-Mega-Fine” and the understandable inconsistency of the Data Protection Commissioners”

This is how Japan wants to become a Global Power

A privileged alliance with the United States and the United Kingdom, a technological partnership and an increase in deterrence capacity are the three pillars of Japan’s new national security doctrine, in which the EU as such does not play an important role, except for a marginal Italian presence. by Andrea Monti – Adjunct Professor of Digital Law at the Master of Digital Marketing, University of Chieti-Pescara – initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue readingThis is how Japan wants to become a Global Power

Are US Hunt Forward operations the Trojan horse for spying on EU networks?

On 15th January, the French newspaper Le Monde published an article highlighting the French confusion about the “Hunt Forward Operation” (HFO), i.e. the active search (and therefore “hunt”) for persons or software that have infiltrated a network to commit illegal actions or “cause damage”. Initially launched in Ukraine in early 2022 to counter hostile actions attributed to Russia, HFOs have also been carried out in EU countries such as Lithuania and Croatia by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech blog. Continue reading “Are US Hunt Forward operations the Trojan horse for spying on EU networks?”

Tätertyp: the horror of ‘author’s guiltness’

Tätertyp is not the wrong way to spell the first name of a Mediterranean European head of state, a Central European-inspired font, nor even the expensive new iteration of a Leica M-series. Tätertyp is a hideous, hateful, obscene word. Tätertyp is the idea that one should be punished, even by death, for what one is and not for what one has done by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech blog Continue reading “Tätertyp: the horror of ‘author’s guiltness’”