Bratislava 6 September 2019 – National Security Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority) established the National Cybersecurity Centre SK-CERT by transformation of the National Unit SK-CERT. By establishing the National Cybersecurity Centre SK-CERT (www.sk-cert.sk) the Authority performs the task of the Action Plan of Cybersecurity Concept Implementation of the Slovak Republic within the years…
A High Level Table-Top Exercise BlueOLEX2019 Joined Representatives of Member States in Response to Critical Cybersecurity Situation On 2 and 3 July 2019 Paris was hosting a high-level Table-Top exercise BlueOLEx 2019 based on Commission Recommendation on Coordinated response to large-scale cross-border cybersecurity incidents and crises. The exercise was organized by French L’Agence Nationale de la…
On 17 and 18 July 2019, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe hosted a conference in Vienna on cybersecurity and information and communication systems security, called Cyber/ICT Security for a safer future: The OSCE’s role in fostering regional cyber stability. The conference was attended by representatives of 36 OSCE participating countries and dozens…
On 7 June 2019 the Cybersecurity Act was published in the EU Official Journal. The Act considerably strengthens the position of ENISA Agency and recognizes it as the EU Agency for Cybersecurity. The Act will come into force on 27 June 2019. Based on this Act the Agency will be able to provide more efficient…
On 4 June 2019, a scientific conference with international participation entitled “Current Challenges of Cybersecurity” was held at the Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava (hereinafter referred to as the Academy). The conference was organized by the Management and Information Science Department of the Academy in cooperation with the National Security Authority together with…
During his visit of the Globsec 2019 Forum in Bratislava, Roman Konečný, the director of National Security Authority (NSA) announced the beginning of closer cooperation between NSA and Globsec in area of cyber security. GLOBSEC is a global think-tank committed to enhancing security, prosperity and sustainability in Europe and throughout the world. The director emphasized…
On 15 May 2019 the National Unit SK-CERT of the National Security Authority took part in the international exercise CyberSOPEx. The exercise organized by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) was aimed at enhancing of coordination and cooperation of EU Member States in handling of large scale cybersecurity incidents which is one of…
The National Unit SK-CERT of the National Security Authority conducted the first of a series of the National Table-Top exercises on 14 May 2019. The exercise was named “A Suspicious Mail is Just the Beginning”. The Table-Top exercises are a kind of non-technical exercises focusing on decision-making, as well as practising and testing of own procedures and…
A few days ago the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) published the Global Cyber Security Index (GCI) for the year 2018. The GCI is published annually. The Slovak Republic moved up 36 places in the GCI compared to the year 2017 and took 45th place. The Global Cyber Security Index in the framework of cybersecurity focuses…
EU ELEx 2019 Exercise took place on 5 April 2019 on the European Parliament ground, focusing on operational handling of cybersecurity incidents during the European Parliament elections. The exercise was organized by ENISA in cooperation with the European Parliament and European Commission. At the beginning of the exercise the vice president of the European Parliament…
