The Italian National Research Council (CNR) is the main public research organization of Italy. The CNR consists of about 100 different research institutes that span from human sciences to engineering sciences. Several Institutes perform research in cyber security grouped together in a virtual Lab of DIITET department at CNR. In SYNAPSE it is involved the security group of the Institute of Telematics and Informatics Institute (IIT-CNR) in Pisa runs research and development activities in cyber-security. The group consists of about 25 persons, ranging from researchers to Ph.D. students and software engineers.