ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In a scenario where attack techniques become increasingly sophisticated, banks intensify investment across multiple fronts: technology, training, awareness raising and constant monitoring to strengthen prevention. “The industry’s high focus on safety issues is also reflected in dedicated spending (more in detail, TCO – Total Cost of Ownership), which in 2026 will reach approximately 500 million euros and looking at the 2020-2025 period, banks spent almost 2.5 billion euros in cybersecurity – said the Director General of the Abi, Marco Elio Rottigni. Digital operational resilience, anti-fraud solutions and digital identity management confirm the priority investment areas for the next two years, while the collaboration between banks promoted by CERTFin, with the fundamental support of the Bank of Italy, continues to strengthen the defences of the sector, making the strategies for prevention and fraud increasingly incisive.”.
From the 2026 edition of the Security Report drawn up by CERTFin (Computer Emergency Response Team of the Italian financial sector, chaired by the Bank of Italy and the ABI and managed by ABI Lab), a growing investment framework and an increasingly structured security strategy emerges. The average share of IT budget for security is up to 8% in 2026, a growing component of which is dedicated to the contrast of fraud.
On the outreach front, the totality of the branch staff is involved in training activities, with a prey extended also to Top Management (93%) and the Help Desk (92%). For retail customers, the most dealt issue is that of social engineering techniques, i.e. the methods of psychological manipulation used by cyber criminals to induce people to carry out actions or reveal confidential information (97% of banks), followed by the safe use of payment tools (88%), the secure management of identity (81%) and the risks related to online investments (72%).
A further area of commitment concerns awareness-raising initiatives on cybersecurity, promoted at least half a year in 78% of cases and through multiple channels: periodic and/or ad hoc information (88%), e-mail/SMS, mobile app and Internet banking portals (all 84%), social networks (72%) and subsidiaries (56%).
In this context, CERTFin – in collaboration with Abi, Banca d’Italia, Ivass, banks and insurance intermediaries – promotes campaigns dedicated to retail customers (“I Navigati – Informati e Sicuri”) and businesses (“Cybersicuri – Enterprise possible”), enhancing shared prevention tools and messages.
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