Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic

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

Food is not merely a commodity. It is a daily test of the functioning of the state.

When this system works, the public barely notices it. When it is disrupted, the consequences come quickly - empty shelves, rising prices, pressure on households, threats to vulnerable groups, panic buying, supply failures in hospitals or social care facilities...

In this series, the AKI SR is gradually introducing the individual essential services listed in the Critical Infrastructure Act. 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...

At the initiative of AKI SR, representatives of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic paid a working visit to Foss Fibre Optics. The Ministry’s delegation was led by State Secretary Martin Vojtašovič...

Decent Cybersecurity has been selected among the ten innovators chosen for the Decision Superiority for NATO Warfighters challenge, launched by the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (NATO DIANA) in close collaboration with Allied Command Operations (ACO)...

The Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic continues its series of articles presenting the individual critical infrastructure sectors. This time we turn to one of the most interesting — and perhaps also most surprising — sectors: Space.

The AKI SR is presenting a series of articles that gradually introduce the individual essential services listed in Annex No. 1 of Act on Critical Infrastructure...

On July 17, 2026, the deadline will expire by which central state administration bodies must, for the first time, identify critical entities under Act on Critical Infrastructure. This will be the first identification process following the approval of the Strategy for the Resilience of Critical Entities...

We continue our series of expert articles dedicated to the individual sectors of critical infrastructure under Act on Critical Infrastructure. Today we take a closer look at the public administration sector...

Another article in the series in which we present the essential services of critical infrastructure under Act No. 367/2024 Coll. on Critical Infrastructure...

The topic of cooperation in quantum technologies, digital security, and critical infrastructure protection between AKI SR and C-DOT has appeared in several Indian media outlets and on professional platforms...

On the occasion of the visit of the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi, to Slovakia, AKI SR and the Indian government organization C-DOT signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

The recent disruption to rail operations in Germany, which was related to a problem in the GSM-R communication system, is an important warning for the whole of Europe. It shows that the security and continuity of critical infrastructure today does not depend only on physical assets, or technical equipment. Equally important are communication, data, control, and information systems...

The State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy Szabolcs Hodosy and President of AKI SR Tibor Straka signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on 22 June 2026, aimed at strengthening cooperation in the field of the resilience of the critical infrastructure of the Slovak Republic and ensuring the continuity of the provision of essential services...

At the international technology fair VivaTech 2026 in Paris, a working meeting was held today between representatives of the AKI SR and the Indian government technology organization Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)...

The weakest point of an organization has long ceased to be its own technology. Increasingly, it is becoming a supplier who has access to systems, data, or ensures the operation of critical services...

The Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic continues its presentation of individual critical infrastructure sectors. This time, the focus is on an area that forms the digital backbone of modern society and ensures the continuous flow of information, data, and electronic services – the Digital Infrastructure sector.

The Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic continues its series of articles introducing the essential services defined by Act on Critical Infrastructure. Now we turn our attention to the service that ensures the safe and reliable transmission of electricity across the entire territory of the Slovak Republic – the operation, maintenance and development of the electricity transmission system...

Imagine a situation where equipment that ensures the supply of electricity, the production of drinking water, or the operation of a hospital fails. The failure itself may not be the biggest problem. A much greater challenge can be discovering that the replacement part is manufactured on the other side of the world and its delivery will take several months...

The Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic continues its series of articles introducing the essential services. Following the topic of electricity supply, we now focus on the operation, maintenance, and development of the electricity distribution system...

The Critical Infrastructure Association of the Slovak Republic continues its series of professional articles dedicated to the individual sectors of critical infrastructure.

This article is dedicated to the Water and Atmosphere sector, which forms the foundation of environmental stability...

The reality of recent months in Europe reveals a less visible but fundamental shift in attacks against critical infrastructure. The decisive factors are no longer just large power sources, but inconspicuous locations within the distribution grid itself.

The AKI SR is opening a new series of articles in which we will progressively introduce all essential services defined by Act on Critical Infrastructure. The first essential service we are focusing on is the supply of electricity...

Until a few years ago, data centres were mostly perceived as the technical backbone of the internet, cloud services and corporate servers. Today, however, the situation is changing dramatically. The rapid development of artificial intelligence, massive generative AI models and the accelerating digitalisation of states mean that data centres are becoming among the largest new consumers of electricity in Europe...