About the Agency

We are the administrative authority for:

  • cyber security,
  • protection of classified information for information and communication systems,
  • cryptographic protection,
  • the Public Regulated Service of the Galileo navigation system (PRS).

This means that:

  • we have highly skilled specialists in the field of cyber security and cryptographic protection,
  • we operate the government security team, the so-called Government CERT of the Czech Republic (GovCERT.CZ),
  • we work with other CERT and CSIRT security teams both in the Czech Republic and abroad,
  • we are preparing national security standards in the field of cyber security,
  • we set security standards for information systems that are important for the operation of state, the so-called critical information infrastructure,
  • we set the protection of classified information in the field of information and communication systems,
  • we perform the function of the Competent PRS Authority, whose main task is to implement the PRS service of the Galileo navigation system in the Czech Republic,
  • we provide security management of the operation of the PRS service of the Galileo navigation system in the Czech Republic,
  • we prepare and coordinate cyber exercises both in the Czech Republic and abroad,
  • we create and defend the Czech Republic's positions in the field of cyber security,
  • we are preparing laws and sub-legal standards in the field of cyber security,
  • we set out national cyber security strategies,
  • we educate and support cyber security education,
  • we have our own research and development, we deal with encryption,
  • we are doing other interesting things for the cyber and information security of the Czech Republic.

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