organisations do not specifically allocate funds to em
ployee training, exactly half the respondents perform it.
The education sector was the most affected by budget
decreases of all sectors, although 65% of respondents
saw decreases (Chart 29). More than one-fifth of ed
ucational institutions were in favour of increasing their
budgets by at least 50%.
Chart 29: How did the organisation’s cyber security
budget change in 2020 in comparison with 2019? (%)
Educa�on
Average of all sectors
DIGITAL SERVICES: SUFFICIENT FUNDING AND
LEGAL EXPERTISE
The crisis management processes of the majority of
Czech institutions that provide digital services (tele
communications, digital infrastructure, internet ser
vices, etc.) include cyber incident response scenarios.
In 2020, almost half the respondents dealt with one to
five cyber incidents (Chart 30), of which DoS/DDoS at
tacks were perceived as the most serious by one-fifth
of the organisations.
50%
DECREASED
65%
43%
of organisations grant their suppliers no access
to their networks
REMAINED THE SAME
15%
Exactly half the respondents do not grant their sup
plier any remote access into their networks, whereas
the other half grant them restricted access following
the user’s consent. This is presumably why 57% of the
respondents perceived the threat of supply chain cyber
attacks as low or very low.
39%
INCREASED
12%
20%
DO NOT KNOW
0%
0
6%
20
40
60
In order to minimize the threat of successful
cyberattacks on educational institutions, it is
primarily desirable to identify the information
systems used. On 1 January 2021, the amended
Decree No 317/2014, on important information
systems and their determination criteria entered
into force, under which information systems
of colleges and universities may also fall.
More details are available in the NÚKIB
supporting materials, such as the Guidebook to IIS
identification on the NÚKIB website:
www.nukib.cz/cs/infoservis/
dokumenty-a-publikace/podpurne-materialy
In 2020, one-third of the institutions from the digital
services sector spent from 5% to more than 15% of
their total budget on cyber security, which is only
comparable to the financial sector. Less than threequarters of the respondents consider the amount
sufficient, whereas one-third plan to increase the cyber
security budget next year, which corresponds to the
average of respondents’ answers across the sectors.
Digital service institutions, as well as industry and the
energy sector, have legal expertise at a level higher than
the average of all respondents.
Chart 30: How many cyberattack attempts in the
digital services sector resulted in a cyber incident,
i.e. where confidentiality, integrity, or availability of
information was breached? (%)
11�20
14%
1�10
43%
0
43%
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