Marek Canecky is a seconded national expert at the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, he deals with cyber policy issues. During the Slovak Presidency in the Coucil of the EU, he served as a digital and cyber attaché at the Permanent Representation of Slovakia to the EU. Prior to that, he held various managerial positions in the Slovak public service (Government Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Environment) where he was responsible for programme and project level management and implementation of EU funded eGovernment initiatives. He has worked in the ITAPA team since 2010. Marek is a graduate of University of Matej Bel (2004, International Relations and Diplomacy) and Linköping University (2006, European Studies).

Director-General of the Cyber Security Competence and Certification Centre, Member of the Management Board of the European Centre for Sectoral, Technological and Research Competences, forensic expert in the field of security and protection of information systems, certified auditor of cyber security, certified manager of cyber security and lead auditor of information security systems. He actively participates in the preparation of legislation and technical standards, including as a member of the ISO / IEC technical committee. He has been working in the IT branch for more than 30 years. He graduated from the Department of Computer Science and Applied Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Technical U…