Pavel Stepanik

Deputy Director of the Strategic Affairs and Engagement Division of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency

Pavel Stepanik has been the Deputy Director of the Strategic Affairs and Engagement Division of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB) since January 2023. This division is responsibile for setting the national cybersecurity strategies and policies, monitoring and analysing cyber threats, cooperation with national and international partners (including international organisations), cybersecurity exercises, education and research and development areas. He studied and graduated in Law at Brno Masaryk University where he also obtained the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in ICT Law.

For more than 15 years he has been academically and practically involved in the topic of the state security system and the relationship between the protection of national security and the rights of individuals. Since 2008 has has worked in various branches of the Czech state administration.