Domenico De Rosa, CEO of the SMET Group, received the 2026 Innovation Cybersecurity Award during the Innovation Cybersecurity Summit, the sixth edition of the event organized by the National Association of Young Innovators (ANGI) in collaboration with the European Parliament Offices in Italy. The Summit was held on April 14 and 15, 2026, in the Aula Magna of the Guglielmo Marconi University in Rome, under the high patronage of the National Cybersecurity Agency and the Agency for Digital Italy.

De Rosa was invited as a speaker to share the perspective of an industrial operator on a topic that, for a logistics group moving goods across ten European countries as well as Tunisia and Malta, is no mere theoretical matter. The operational continuity of a supply chain today also depends on the resilience of the digital systems that govern it. An attack on a transport operator’s technological infrastructure does not merely mean business damage: it means halted supply chains, blocked goods, and costs that are passed down the entire production chain.

In this vein, De Rosa brought to the Summit a concrete perspective on cyber risk—that of someone who manages fleets, routes, tracking systems, and interoperability platforms every day

In SMET’s view, cybersecurity is not a compliance cost but a fundamental component of competitiveness: it protects drivers, customers, data, and the reputation of a company that has built its identity on the reliability of its service.

This recognition adds to a long list of awards and distinctions that demonstrate how SMET’s commitment to innovation, safety, and sustainability is widely recognized—from the transportation sector to government institutions, and from the business world to the fields of defense and digital security. An award that Cavaliere De Rosa does not view as a point of arrival, but as confirmation that the direction taken is the right one and that the contribution to the public debate on these issues must continue with even greater determination.