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The constant drive for innovation and digitisation, together with the pursuit of excellence in security, artificial intelligence and big data, contribute to the continuous improvement and streamlining of Snam's infrastructure and activities.
Our objectives
Our objectives
SnamTEC
Snam’s commitment to innovation has always been spread across many different areas. To formalise all the various facets, in 2018 Snam launched SnamTEC, a programme designed to build the energy company of the future. Aimed at driving the Group’s innovation and digitisation, it boasts a total of 50 projects with the active involvement of more than 200 people committed to the joint pursuit of four macro-objectives: Safety; Asset resilience; Process optimisation and activities to improve business sustainability.
The many innovations introduced include predictive maintenance, the application of artificial intelligence to the operational management of network assets and the use of big data to support decisions relating to industrial processes.
Satellite testing continued as part of the aerial surveillance of pipelines;
Laboratory for the testing of new innovative technologies to support Snam's core business, in which experimentation continued on a system for detecting leaks and third-party interference on the gas pipeline laying route (excavations, drilling, etc.), which envisages the use of the existing fibre optics accompanying the gas pipelines on the primary gas transportation network.
A system to detect and locate gas leaks along the transmission network based on the analysis of pressure waves and the detection of possible disturbances and their propagation time.
Cyber security
- Physical & Personnel Security for the prevention and reduction of potential security risks to people and physical assets;
- Information & Cyber Security for safeguarding and protecting corporate information assets;
- Security Intelligence for the processing of information useful for current and future business decisions, for the defence of rights, people, tangible and intangible corporate assets;
- Investigation & Forensics for investigation activities, also carried out with the support of qualified professionals, against internal or external threats, also using IT tools Investigation activities, also carried out with the support of qualified professionals, against internal or external threats, also using IT tools.
Snam has developed the Cyber Security Incident Management & Intelligence model. This model is overseen by the Security Incident Response Team, which operated non-stop in 2023, delivering its support service on a 24/7 basis.Over the same period, the Team also handled 6,737 security events and 2,200 Cyber Threat Intelligence alerts.
The model utilises tools for collecting and correlating all security events recorded across the company's IT infrastructure, making it possible to prevent, monitor and, if necessary, target timely remedial action. In addition, in compliance with formal agreements signed between the Parties, information is also shared with national and European institutions and peers, with the aim of increasing the capacity and speed of response to possible security incidents.
Finally, with a view to safeguarding the continuity of processes related to the provision of essential services to Italy’s economy, a series of initiatives were completed in 2023 to improve the effectiveness of emergency communications and strengthen the resilience of applications supporting the most critical operation processes.
Snam is aware of the relevance and benefits related to the advent of Artificial Intelligence systems in the context of the evolution of technologies and the way human beings can interact with them, bringing value to their work. The company is also aware of the risks associated with such technologies if they are not used responsibly. Therefore, Snam has issued internal instructions on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, providing for compliance with core issues relating to the protection of confidentiality, the integrity of corporate assets and the protection of the personal data of those concerned.
Snaminnova and the Open Innovation Hub
In 2023, Snam launched the third edition of Snaminnova, an initiative dedicated to Sustainability, which this year focused on the concept of “Sustainable Together”. Two initiatives were launched through Snaminnova: the Centrale delle Idee (the Power Plant of Ideas) project collected more than 140 ideas for good sustainability-related practices that could be easily adopted in companies, as well as innovative projects and ideas that could be developed through entrepreneurship. Call4Partner, meanwhile, is aimed at promoting greater awareness of sustainability goals through the identification of projects, initiatives and concrete solutions to be implemented together with partners to achieve decarbonisation targets.
During this third year of launch, Snam has further strengthened its position within the Open Innovation ecosystem through the activation of an antenna service in Israel. Thanks to this outpost on the ground, a direct connection with local players was created, increasing exposure to new technologies and innovation trends. During the year, Snam worked on two specific scouting verticals to look for solutions in the decarbonisation area with a particular focus on hydrogen and energy storage, and in the biomethane area, also through R&D collaborations and the selection of startups through the HyAccelerator incubator.
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