Brussels (September 30) – A number of mechanisms in cybersecurity are already working, however it’s essential to constantly reply to new developments launched by attackers. The director of the Czech Nationwide Workplace for Cyber and Data Safety (NÚKIB) Lukáš Kintr mentioned this at this time throughout a go to to Brussels in an interview with ČTK. Within the Belgian capital, he’ll focus on strengthening worldwide cooperation with representatives of the European Union and NATO over two days.
“For the Czech Republic, membership in each the EU and NATO is completely essential, particularly on the subject of safety and the financial system, and an integral a part of these discussions is our on-line world. That’s the reason we attempt to actively take part in debates on guaranteeing cybersecurity each within the union and within the alliance,” acknowledged Kintr.
“From a geopolitical perspective, the specter of cyber espionage, with which we have now some expertise within the Czech Republic, is intently associated to functioning in a global surroundings. On a extra sensible degree, a serious problem forward of us is the difficulty of provide chain safety,” mentioned the top of NÚKIB. The availability chain is a cascade of all suppliers concerned within the supply of services or products, the place it’s notably essential to determine threats associated to the provider or the nation of origin of probably the most crucial providers.
As for the Czech struggle in opposition to cyber threats, in keeping with the director of NÚKIB, Prague “has already come a good distance, however has much more distance to cowl”. On this context, he talked about notably extra intensive consciousness throughout society. “To be actually efficient, worldwide cooperation and the sharing of details about attackers are particularly essential. Campaigns fairly often don’t goal a single nation completely however various international locations, and if we are able to trade data in a well timed method, we are able to additionally defend in opposition to varied campaigns extra successfully and thus defend the security of all residents of the Czech Republic,” mentioned the director of the Nationwide Workplace for Cyber and Data Safety. (September 30)
