ANSSAIF

ANSSAIF stands or: National Accademy for the Study of Security in Insurance companies and Financial Intermediaries.

It is a Research and Services Centre within the University LUSPIO in Rome, approved by the Board of the University on march 5th, 2012. 

On October  6th, 2012, in occasion of the annual congress of the members of ANSSAIF Association (see below for a description of the association) in Barberino del Mugello, the assembly of the members unanimously approved the closure of the association and the "migration" of the members, mission, experiences in the new subject, the so called Accademy (in order to keep the acronim ANSSAIF).

The members at the date of closure of the association are now experts in the University; the academy board of directors is composed by the association's board of directors, plus the top management of the University.

ANSSAIF association. 

ANSSAIF, a not for profit association, and its name stands for: National Association of Security Specialists in Financial Intermediation Companies.

The present President is Mr. Anthony Cecil Wright, MBCI, with a long experience in ICT, Security and Business Continuity.

The present member of the Board of Directors are, or have been, managers in the main Italian banks (Unicredit, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, BNL, ICCREA, Intesa San Paolo, Antonveneta) and BNP-Paribas-France, Banca Svizzera Italiana-Switzerland, Italian Banking Association and CLUSIT.

Offices of the Association have been opened in the following towns: Roma, Milano, and, abroad, in Lugano and Paris. 

OBJECTIVES

The main objectives of the association are:

·         contribute to create more awareness on the need of protecting all assets from the loss of confidentiality, availability and integrity;

·         promote studies and researches in ICT Security, in particular in integrating logical and physical security;

·         use the knowledge and experience of those experts who have retired;

·         share ideas and experiences among members;

·         assist Universities and Companies in forming new young specialists.

The Association’s projects are, at present, in three main directions:

• Creating awareness in the outer world,
• Sharing information with other Associations,
• Sharing experiences and opinions within its members.

·         Creating occasions for around the table discussions;

·         Opening laboratories on technical issues.

·         Publishing pamphlets or pocket guides together with the Consumers’ Associations.

·         Participating in meetings and working groups with other Associations.

·         Participating or giving scientific consultancy in the planning and managing of Conferences or Seminars.

Following are some recent project.

Permanent observatory on the trend in ICT risk within the Italian banking sector.
This is achieved through a self evaluation of a panel of banking groups of the level of risk, investment required to mitigate the risks, impact on the capital.
A global risk index is published yearly and main findings discussed in a Conference.

Survey on customers opinion on the quality of payments tools offered by the banks in the payment systems area.

Social Networking: Survey on citizens' awareness of risks

Phishing.
Techniques used, level of diffusion in Italy, organizational issues, countermeasures put in place by the organizations world wide, are part of the main work performed by the experts involved.
Data are shared only within the Association.

Business Continuity.
As Italian banks are moving towards a better resilience to threats, the Association keeps an ongoing observatory and information sharing on main issues.

WHO ARE THE MEMBERS

Members are managers experts in information security and auditing in banking, still operating in their companies or retired.  
At present, eighteen of the major Italian banking groups are represented in the Association, covering more than 90% of the market by total assets.

•   BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO - Gruppo BNP Paribas
• BARCLAYS BANK PLC
• UNICREDIT Group
•  GRUPPO MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA
•  BANCA POPOLARE DI MILANO
•  BANCA POPOLARE DEL LAZIO
•  BANCA INTESA SAN PAOLO
•  BPU
•  SELLA HOLDING BANCA
•  CREDIT SUISSE
• ICCREA BANCA
•  CASSA RISPARMIO SAN MARINO
•  BNP PARIBAS CIB
• SIASSB
• BANCA SVIZZERA ITALIANA
•  BANCOPOSTA
• CITIBANK

Sponsors are at present:

ABI (Italian Banking Association)

Banca delle Marche

BASSILICHI

Consorzio Operativo MontePaschi

INFRACOM

IBM ITALIA

Poste Italiane

S.I.A. S.S.B. -Società Interbancaria per l'Automazione Società Servizi Bancari

UNICREDIT