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Ervín Šimko

Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation of the Slovak Republic, Director-General of the Cyber Security Section
He graduated in Security and Legal Services in Public Administration at the Police Academy in Bratislava. He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava (Faculty of Public Administration and Public Policy). Later, he graduated and obtained an LL.M. degree at Collegium Humanum Warsaw Management University and Institute of Forensic, Security Studies and Management in Prague, where he obtained an MBA degree. Since 2023, he has worked as Director General at the Cyber Security Section of the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development, and Informatization. He has tried to make the Section as visible as possible in its activities - internally within the Ministry and externally to the sector, which is their responsibility to manage from the legislative frameworks. In a short time, he managed to absorb the entire agenda of the Section and set its direction and vision for its future functioning. The Cybersecurity Section of the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development, and Informatization has the potential to move forward, primarily due to its ongoing projects and also in the newly created agenda of inspections and subsequent administrative proceedings related to cybersecurity. From 2017 to 2020, he worked at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investment and Informatisation. In 2017 - 2018, he was the General State Counsel of the Department of Legislation, Standards, and Security.
  • DISCUSSION "The Future of Critical Infrastructure in the Cloud"
  • DISCUSSION "Means of Authorising Legal Acts in the Electronic Environment"
  • 1on1 interview
  • DISCUSSION "Round Table: How to Clean up eGovernment by 2027?"
  • DISCUSSION "Living Situations to 2026"
  • DISCUSSION "Development of AI in Slovak Conditions"
  • Current and future cybersecurity projects and initiatives in Slovakia
    The Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, through projects financed from European sources, particularly the Slovak Recovery and Resilience Plan and the Slovakia Programme, implements several projects and calls for proposals focused on cyber and information security. Through the presentation, the Director General of the Cyber Security Section of MIRRI SR, Mr. PhDr. JUDr. Mgr. Ervín Šimko, MBA, LL.M., will present the current state of implementation of these projects and challenges, which enable a significant shift in the cyber and information security level in public administration. The projects are aimed at assisting hundreds of institutions and include the areas of security monitoring, education, or standardization of documentation required by legislation. At the same time, it will present new projects that include, for example, assistance to more than a thousand of the smallest municipalities, improving education in the field, or helping healthcare institutions.
  • The vision of the development of KIB public administration from the point of view of MIRDI SR
  • DISCUSSION "Strategy of cyber security in the state"
  • CyberArena
  • 1on1 interview
  • 1on2 interview
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