In addition to the activities of the Council of the EU, CZ PRES was also reflected in the work
of several expert groups in the field of cybersecurity, which the NÚKIB chaired and organised
during this period.
During CZ PRES, the NÚKIB held many events in the Czech Republic and abroad. The most
important event in this respect was the two-day EU Secure and Innovative Digital Future
Presidency Conference, which the NÚKIB organised together with the Ministry of Industry and
Trade and the Office of the Government, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
EU Secure and Innovative Digital Future Conference
The first day of the conference, called Prague Cyber Security Conference 2022, was organized
by the NÚKIB, continuing the tradition of the Prague 5G Security Conference held in previous
years. It was attended by over 500 experts in the field of cybersecurity from more than 80
countries, in-person as well as virtually. Speakers included Czech and foreign representatives
of governments and the public sector, international organizations such as the EU and NATO, as
well as various think tanks. The main topic of the day was the issue of securing the ICT supply
chain and the challenges it brings.
The second day of the conference, entitled Towards a Secure and Innovative Ecosystem, was held
under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic and the Office of
the Government of the Czech Republic and focused on the security of new technologies, such as
artificial intelligence or the issue of secure data flows within the EU and beyond.
In addition to the conference and a number of working meetings of expert groups, the NÚKIB
also organized several educational and social events, all with participation of foreign partners
from member states and EU institutions and beyond.
Other International Organizations
In the past year, the Czech Republic actively participated in the meetings of the UN Open
Working Group on the Security of Information and Communication Technologies (OEWG), in
which, along with other liberal democracies, it helped prevent the efforts of authoritarian
regimes to strengthen state control over the administration of the Internet and online
content and to limit human rights in cyberspace. In the long term, the Czech Republic has
been promoting an open, free, safe, stable, and accessible cyberspace. Together with Microsoft
and the CyberPeace Institute, the Czech Republic also participated in the international project
Protecting the Healthcare Sector from Cyber Harm aimed at protecting the healthcare sector. It
concluded with a set of recommendations issued in the form of a Compendium presented on
the sidelines of the third OEWG meeting in New York.
In cooperation with other like-minded countries, the Czech Republic participated on the
development of cyber capabilities in third countries. In particular, it has implemented projects
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Indonesia, Senegal, and Ghana.
The NÚKIB also actively participated in the activities of the informal ICT security group at the
OSCE. This year, among other things, the NÚKIB was involved in the review of a new e-learning
course on coordinated vulnerability disclosure policy and spoke at a side-event on national
practices in dealing with cyber incidents.
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