Cybersecurity innovation hub (DIH – CZ)

Overview

Cybersecurity innovation hub creates a multidisciplinary ecosystem of research institutions, governmental bodies, clusters and private companies focused on cooperation, information sharing, research and implementation of cutting-edge technologies in cybersecurity. The creation of this ecosystem is based on long-term strategic cooperation between Masaryk University, Brno University of Technology, the National Cyber and Information Security Agency and the Brno Regional Chamber of Commerce, which led to the creation of a wide network of cooperating key players in cybersecurity at national and international level.

The key features of the hub are its multidisciplinarity, a wide range of cooperating national and international, public and private institutions, as well as the possibility of utilising unique infrastructures. Partners involved in the operation of the hub retain experts dealing with cybersecurity issues not only from a technical perspective, but also from a procedural, organizational, legal, economic or sociological point of view. The hub also cooperates with and provides support to variety of national public authorities (like National Cyber and Information Security Authority, Ministry of Justice, Czech Police, or Data Protection Authority), international institutions (ENISA, Europol or United Nations), private clusters, trade organisations, scientific parks and private corporations. As some of the partners of the hub are research organisations and innovative companies, the hub can utilise their research, development and production infrastructures (ie. cyber ranges, training facilities, security operations centres, proving grounds or testing infrastructures).

Activities and services of the hub provided to the SMEs include primarily:

networking, know-how, and capacities sharing;  
information and cybersecurity education: training, learning, conferences, workshops;  
sharing information on current trends in computer network security;  
proposals for adjusting information security legislation;  
communication with computer network security organizations and associations;
creating information security education programs;
provision of access to unique auxiliary infrastructures;
consultation on available innovative cybersecurity technologies and their implementation; 
etc.

The hub is a non-profit organisation coordinated by the National centre of competence on cybersecurity, which is governed by its Board which consists of representatives of key private and public stakeholders in cybersecurity in the Czech Republic. Digital technologies.