AKI SR at ITAPA 2025: Preparing for the Quantum Future of Critical Infrastructure

27. novembra 2025

The Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic (AKI SR) actively participated in the Autumn ITAPA 2025 conference, which took place on November 25–27 in Bratislava. 

The second day of the program was dedicated to the most current challenges in the field of cybersecurity, with dominant themes being data protection and communication security in the era of rapidly developing technologies.

The event attracted leading representatives of state administration, information security experts, and technology companies from the cybersecurity sector. AKI SR's participation clearly confirmed its strategic focus on cybersecurity solutions in the context of technological changes that will fundamentally affect infrastructure resilience in the coming years.

AKI SR Presentation: Secure Future of Critical Infrastructure in the Quantum Era

At the event, AKI SR presented its vision for preparing for the quantum era, which will have a fundamental impact on the security of energy, communication, transportation, and other critical systems. The presentation emphasized that the transition to quantum-resistant security solutions is no longer a matter of the distant future, but a strategic necessity. The Association declared its readiness to support its members in an expert and methodological manner in adapting to new cryptography standards, so that the transformation process is carried out in a coordinated, safe, and timely manner.

Participation of Association Member Decent Cybersecurity in Panel Discussion

A significant moment of the conference was the representation of member company Decent Cybersecurity in a panel discussion on the topic "Strategy for the Development of Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Cryptography in Slovakia." The discussion brought practical perspectives on the risks of traditional encryption mechanisms in the future environment of quantum technologies. It particularly emphasized the protection of personal data, communications, and potential threats to current cryptographic schemes. These topics attracted interest not only from the professional public, but also from representatives of the state and private sector.

AKI SR's participation at ITAPA 2025 confirmed that on the threshold of a fundamental technological change that will shape the country's security in the coming decades, it is ready to actively support its members – through expert guidance, coordination, and close cooperation between the public and private sectors.

Industry as a Critical Sector: The Final Article in AKI SR’s Series on Critical Sectors

3. augusta 2026
Industry is one of the sectors where the importance of critical infrastructure becomes very tangible. Not in abstract definitions, but in the state’s ability to maintain the availability of medicines, the continuity of metallurgical production, supplies of key chemical substances, functioning supply chains, and technological self-sufficiency at times when standard market mechanisms may not be enough. 

Priemysel ako kritický sektor: posledný článok zo série AKI SR o kritických sektoroch

3. augusta 2026
Priemysel patrí medzi sektory, pri ktorých sa význam kritickej infraštruktúry ukazuje veľmi konkrétne. Nie v abstraktných definíciách, ale v schopnosti štátu udržať dostupnosť liekov, kontinuitu hutníckej výroby, dodávky kľúčových chemických látok, funkčné dodávateľské reťazce a technologickú sebestačnosť v časoch, keď štandardné trhové mechanizmy nemusia stačiť. 

We Talk a Lot About Technology in Critical Infrastructure. We Talk Too Little About People.

31. júla 2026
A commentary by the President of the Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic 

O technológiách v kritickej infraštruktúre hovoríme veľa. O ľuďoch málo.

31. júla 2026
Komentár prezidenta Asociácie kritickej infraštruktúry Slovenskej republiky

10th Critical Infrastructure Sector: Production, Processing and Distribution of Food

28. júla 2026
In the morning, we open the refrigerator. In a shop, we reach for bread, milk, meat, pasta or fruit. In a cafeteria, a child receives lunch; a hospital patient receives a special diet; and a senior in a social services facility receives a warm meal. Most of us do not think about it. Food simply “is”.

10. sektor kritickej infraštruktúry: Výroba, spracovanie a distribúcia potravín

28. júla 2026
Ráno otvoríme chladničku. V obchode siahneme po pečive, mlieku, mäse, cestovinách alebo ovocí. V jedálni dostane obed dieťa, pacient v nemocnici diétnu stravu a senior v zariadení sociálnych služieb teplé jedlo. Väčšina z nás nad tým nepremýšľa. Potraviny jednoducho „sú“.

Electricity Demand Management: The Unassuming Pillar Behind a Reliable Power Supply

23. júla 2026
In this series, the Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic (AKI SR) is gradually introducing the individual essential services listed in Annex No. 1 of the Critical Infrastructure Act – in other words, those activities without which the economic and social life of the state would quite literally grind to a halt. After the previous instalments, this time we turn to a service that most people have never heard named, yet rely on every second of the day: electricity demand management.

Riadenie odberu elektriny: nenápadný pilier, na ktorom stojí spoľahlivá dodávka elektriny

23. júla 2026
Asociácia kritickej infraštruktúry SR v tejto sérii postupne predstavuje jednotlivé základné služby uvedené v prílohe č. 1 zákona o kritickej infraštruktúre – teda tie činnosti, bez ktorých by sa hospodársky a spoločenský život štátu doslova zastavil. Po predchádzajúcich dieloch sa tentoraz pozrieme na službu, ktorú väčšina ľudí nikdy nepočula pomenovať, ale spolieha sa na ňu každú sekundu dňa: riadenie odberu elektriny. 

AKI SR Creates Space for Cooperation Between the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic and Its Member Company Foss Fibre Optics

20. júla 2026
The Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic (AKI SR) continues to connect state institutions with domestic technology companies that develop innovative solutions contributing to greater resilience of critical infrastructure. One such example is AKI SR member company Foss Fibre Optics, s.r.o., a Slovak manufacturer of cutting-edge optical technologies used to protect strategic facilities, secure critical communications networks, and monitor infrastructure.

AKI SR vytvorila priestor pre spoluprácu medzi Ministerstvom obrany SR a svojou členskou spoločnosťou Foss Fibre Optics

20. júla 2026
Asociácia kritickej infraštruktúry Slovenskej republiky pokračuje v prepájaní štátnych inštitúcií s domácimi technologickými spoločnosťami, ktoré vyvíjajú inovatívne riešenia prispievajúce k zvyšovaniu odolnosti kritickej infraštruktúry. Jedným z príkladov je členská spoločnosť AKI SR – Foss Fibre Optics, s.r.o, slovenský výrobca špičkových optických technológií, ktorých využitie nachádza uplatnenie pri ochrane strategických objektov, zabezpečení kritických komunikačných sietí a monitorovaní infraštruktúry.