Dr. Mario Lamanna received the degree in Electronic Engineering from the University S. Anna College in Pisa (Italy). He has spent most of his professional career working with Selex ES Finmeccanica SpA, (Italy) and as a Teaching Professor with the University of Pisa. He has been working as Program Manager of a number of international cooperative projects in the fields of Military, Aerospace and Security, in Pisa, Rome, Europe and US. He is presently working with Evoelectronics SRL in Rome, Italy. He has participated in more than 100 international conferences as paper author, session chairman and invited speaker. He is a Member of IEEE and IIIS and an Expert Member of EDA and USA.

A cyber security system for critical infrastructures needs the extensive use and the targeted application of the most modern computer and communication technologies. The implementation of such a system relies on the efficient application of these technologies to a general architecture, specifically tailored for cyber security. In order to draw the guidelines for an efficient design, both perspectives and limits of these technologies are analysed. In particular, five key technologies, namely Big Data, Intelligence, Human in the Loop, Deep Learning and Data Fusion, are described and analysed with respect to their potential application to cyber security.The results of the analysis show that, in order to design efficiently this kind of systems, a multidisciplinary approach and a strong synergy between human and machine technologies are necessary.