Ervín Šimko
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. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Security and Legal Services in Public Administration at the Police Academy in Bratislava.
He is currently working at the Cybersecurity Section of the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization as Director General since 2023. He tried to make the Section as visible as possible in its activities - both internally within the Department and externally to the sector that the legislative frameworks require them to manage. In a short time, he managed to absorb the entire agenda of the Section, set its direction and vision for its future functioning. The Cybersecurity Section of the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation has the potential to move forward, primarily because of its ongoing projects and also in the newly created agenda of inspections and subsequent administrative proceedings relating to cybersecurity.
He also works as a lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Crisis Management at the Police Academy in Bratislava. He is also the owner of ErWIN s.r.o. Between 2017 and 2020 he worked at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investment and Informatization. Between 2017 and 2018 he was the General State Counsel of the Department of Legislation Standards and Security. He has also published and participated in several international scientific conferences.
He is currently working at the Cybersecurity Section of the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization as Director General since 2023. He tried to make the Section as visible as possible in its activities - both internally within the Department and externally to the sector that the legislative frameworks require them to manage. In a short time, he managed to absorb the entire agenda of the Section, set its direction and vision for its future functioning. The Cybersecurity Section of the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation has the potential to move forward, primarily because of its ongoing projects and also in the newly created agenda of inspections and subsequent administrative proceedings relating to cybersecurity.
He also works as a lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Crisis Management at the Police Academy in Bratislava. He is also the owner of ErWIN s.r.o. Between 2017 and 2020 he worked at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investment and Informatization. Between 2017 and 2018 he was the General State Counsel of the Department of Legislation Standards and Security. He has also published and participated in several international scientific conferences.
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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
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DISCUSSION "Strategy of cyber security in the state"
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CyberArena
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1on1 interview
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1on2 interview