National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NCISA)

The Czech National Security Authority is an end-user and has overall competences in the area of the protection of
classified information, develops and approves national cipher algorithms and security standards, issues personnel and
facility security clearances. Since 2011 it is the national authority for cyber security issues.

We run the Czech National Cyber Security Centre that prepares cybersecurity standards, supports R&D and education
in the field of cyber security and operates GovCERT.CZ, an accredited member of Terena-Trusted Introducer since
21st August 2014. We collect reports on cyber incidents, analyse them and provide help. We cooperate with CERTs /
CSIRTs, the private sector and universities, we organize the national exercise CyberCzech and regurarly take part in
NATO and EU cyber exercises with very good results.

As an institutional end-user we are keen to explore the possibilities of a full membership in a Horizon 2020
consortium. Our interest lies in, but is not limited to, solutions in the area of cyber security processing and analytical
tools, data visualization software, cyber security incident handling software, penetration testing software, early
warning systems, anti-DDoS solutions, honeypots, botnets, automated vulnerability scanners, network traffic analysis,
cyber forensic tools, critical infrastructure security solutions (SCADA etc.), encryption and secure communication
tools and e-learning tools helping to raise cyber-security awareness.