Innonation is now a Laboratorio Accreditato di Prova (LAP)
Official recognition has been granted by the Agenzia per la cybersicurezza nazionale (ACN), through it's Centro di Valutazione e Certificazione Nazionale (CVCN). Innonation thus joins the select national network of laboratories authorised to operate in support of the cybersecurity of the country's critical infrastructures.
What a LAP is and Why It Matters
GLOSSARY
A Laboratorio Accreditato di Prova (LAP) is a technical lab recognised by Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale (ACN) and its Centro di Valutazione e Certificazione Nazionale (CVCN). It operates to assess the security of software and hardware products intended for infrastructures and services essential to national security — those falling within the Perimetro di Sicurezza Nazionale Cibernetica (PSNC). LAPs carry out rigorous testing according to methodologies and technical determinations defined by the ACN, supporting the CVCN in the technological scrutiny activities that the CVCN delegates to accredited laboratories.
To understand the value of this accreditation, it is important to grasp what an LAP actually does. This is not merely a matter of formal checks or bureaucratic compliance: it involves in-depth technical testing of systems that protect critical infrastructures — energy grids, telecommunications, healthcare systems, public administration. Systems on which the functioning of the country literally depends.
What Our Laboratory Can Do
The primary activity of CVCN Accredited Laboratori Accreditati di Prova del CVCN consists in subjecting ICT products, systems and components to thorough technical analysis to verify their security. These laboratories operate as specialised bodies that, on behalf of or within the processes established by the CVCN, examine software, hardware and digital infrastructures to identify potential vulnerabilities.
The work of Laboratori Accreditati di Prova involves hands-on and experimental activities — such as attack simulations and robustness assessments — aimed at understanding how a system responds to real threats. In this way, they make a concrete contribution to the national evaluation and certification process, providing technical evidence that enables a determination of whether a given technology can be considered secure.
The Value of a Methodical Journey
In this context, the laboratory's role also takes on a broader dimension. It is not simply a matter of performing technical activities to certain standards, but of operating within a system that demands reliability, competence and a high degree of responsibility. In this sense, accreditation identifies entities qualified to contribute — indirectly yet concretely — to the resilience and security of the national system.