Rastislav Janota has more than 20 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications sector. During his professional career, he held several expert and top managerial positions in the field of ICT and cyber security both in the private sector and in public administration, both in Slovakia and in various countries abroad. Since September 1, 2023, he has been working as a special envoy of the NBU for cyber security at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Washington, D.C., USA.

Lawyer with 20 years of experience, focusing on IT law and modern technologies (legal framework of electronicization and e-Government, legal aspects of cyber security, GDPR and personal data protection, artificial intelligence) and intellectual property. He built and leads a team of lawyers that represents a unique combination in Slovakia for the areas of intellectual property and IT law and telecommunications. In these categories, the law firm under his leadership has long been recognized in domestic and international evaluations.. He is the chairman of the Slovak Bar Association working group for electronic advocacy and a member of the Slovak Bar Association working group for international relations. He is a certified tutor of the C…

He has been working on information security for more than 10 years. In the position of an information security specialist in one of the largest Slovak banks, he largely deals with practical security and the application of security measures in the design and revision of solutions. He consults on the design, architecture and implementation of new technologies. He brings his partners closer to the way of thinking of "safeguards", explains the rationale and benefits of thinking about safety in advance, from the opposite side he can demonstrate the effects of not securing. In his role, he deals with security in a comprehensive way - from communication with developers and architects, through security training and raising the awareness of ord…