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…

This year’s Guardians 2019 gave more space to young people from Slovakia with diverse experience in the field of information security. The competition brings together people who have wide experience in this field with those who just would like to direct their carrier to the field of cybersecurity. More sophisticated attacks, more teams, real environment…

The National Security Authority via the National Unit SK-CERT and the Binary Confidence Company Ltd. co-organize the third year of the Guardians competition for young IT specialists. Prior to the upcoming elections of the head of the state, the competition will simulate attacks on the staff of candidates and will demonstrate how they can be…

The National Unit SK-CERT has become a part of an international project CyberExchange, the coordinator of which is CSIRT.cz. The project is co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union. 11 CSIRT teams from all over Europe are participating in the project. The focus and target of the project is to increase the cooperation…

The European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission have reached a compromise on the text of the Cybersecurity Act. The Act aims to strengthen ENISA ˈs position and to recognize ENISA as main the EU Agency for Cybersecurity. This Act grants to ENISA a broad mandate in the field of cybersecurity and…

One of the largest and most comprehensive exercise in the field of NATO cyber defence Cyber Coalition 2018 was held in Estonian Tartu from 27 to 29 November 2018.  This exercise was attended by 28 countries with more than 700 participants. The Slovak Republic is already a regular participant in this exercise and this year it was…

This second event organised by both the National Security Authority (NSA) and European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) took place on November 30th 2018 in Bratislava. During the workshop it was again approved that constructive dialogue on the needs and experience in application of the NIS Directive and the protection of critical infrastructure among…

From November 15 to November 16, 2018, in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and Technologies of Azerbaijan, the European Commission organized a Workshop on Cyber Security: Challenges, Trends and Best Practice From the EU. The event took place in Baku in the context of strengthening relations between the EU and Azerbaijan using a TAIEX…

The National Security Authority (NSA), together with European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), is organising this European Workshop on the implementation of the NIS Directive and on the Protection of Critical Infrastructure. Altogether, this second event organised by both NSA and ENISA in this format is evidence of the excellent cooperation between these two…

In cooperation with the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), the National Security Authority is second time organising a conference on the protection of critical information infrastructure. The aim of the conference is to initiate constructive dialog on needs of security experts, public authorities and relevant sectors. The event will take place…