Lukáš Kintr, Director of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB), and Roman Pačka, Director of the Cabinet, recently completed a working visit to the United States, where they held talks on cybersecurity cooperation with representatives of the new American administration.
The NÚKIB delegation held a series of meetings with representatives of U.S. security institutions, including the White House National Security Council and the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the U.S. and China. The delegation then travelled to San Francisco, where, starting Monday, April 28, they participated in the world’s leading cybersecurity event, the RSA Conference, and spoke at the International Cyber Security Forum alongside top U.S. administration officials and other international partners.
During the meetings in Washington, the U.S. side praised the Czech Republic’s long-standing and proactive approach to cybersecurity. The discussions also reaffirmed the importance of ongoing cooperation, which has been developing since President Trump’s first administration and has led, among other things, to the adoption of the so-called Prague Proposals on the security of 5G infrastructure.
‘Meetings with our American counterparts confirmed the exceptional nature of our relations and the mutual interest in continuing the intensive cooperation that NÚKIB has been successfully building with the U.S. for several years. I believe that our mutual collaboration in the field of cybersecurity — including timely information sharing and joint responses to cyberattacks — will remain one of the key pillars of Czech-American relations in the years to come,’ said NÚKIB Director Lukáš Kintr.
Key topics of discussion included, in particular, threats posed by state-sponsored actors targeting critical infrastructure — including the Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon campaigns — the use of trusted and secure technologies, and the impact of rapidly evolving artificial intelligence on cybersecurity. The discussions also covered issues related to the cyber protection of energy infrastructure and the cybersecurity of connected vehicles. In all cases, these are crucial topics that resonate on both sides of the Atlantic.
‘We continue to share a common understanding with the United States regarding cyber threats and the need to counter malicious activities not only from China and Russia. The U.S. remains a key strategic partner for us, and we aim to further deepen our cooperation in the future — particularly in areas such as post-quantum cryptography and security and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region,’ said Cabinet Director Roman Pačka.
The discussions also addressed the strengthening of cyber capabilities and preparedness for major cyber incidents. In this regard, the Czech Republic plays a very active role within the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). Since 2020, NÚKIB has had a Cyber Attaché stationed directly at NATO headquarters in Brussels, and in early April, NÚKIB organized a cyber exercise focused on the so-called Virtual Cyber Incident Support Capability (VCISC), which also included participation from U.S. representatives. In addition, the Czech Republic will host the fourth NATO Cyber Champions Summit in 2026.
‘The NÚKIB delegation was one of the first high-level European delegations focused on cybersecurity to be received by the new U.S. administration in Washington this year. The several days of meetings brought, among other things, a series of new and concrete impulses for the further development of our cooperation, which we will jointly pursue in the coming months,’ said Berta Jarošová, NÚKIB Cyber Attachée at the Embassy in Washington, who coordinated the visit program in the U.S.
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2025-05-02
