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Projekt CUSEC He cordially invites you to the scientific international conference CUSEC 2026, which focuses on current challenges in the field regulation of Cybersecurity, privacy protection and Cybercrime.

📅 Date: February 13, 2026
📍 Miesto: Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava, Amphitheater
🎟 Vstup: free (registration required)
⚠️ The number of places is limited

The conference will create space for professional dialogue between representatives of the public administration, regulators, academia and practice. The program will consist of keynote performances by renowned experts and two thematic panel discussions, which reflect the latest developments in the field of law and technology.

🔹 Panel discussion 1

One year after a major amendment to the cybersecurity Act

Po roku od účinnosti novely zákona o kybernetickej bezpečnosti ktorou sa transponovala smernica NIS2 sa na Slovensku pribudlo množstvo nových subjektov, ktoré aktuálne sú v procese implementácie nových požiadaviek. Panel sa zameria na nové požiadavky zákona ako aj nových vykonávacích vyhlášok v oblasti bezpečnostné opatrení a hlásení incidentov a ďalších bezpečnostných udalostí. Zistíme prvé skúsenosti z pohľadu regulátora ako aj regulovaných subjektov. Otvoríme aj otázku auditov. Na záver sa pozrieme dopredu, na čo by sa mali regulované subjekty zamerať v najbližšom období nielen z pohľadu zákona o kybernetickej bezpečnosti či zákona o kritickej infraštruktúre, ale aj iných, predovšetkým  právnych predpisov EÚ, a aké trendy možno čakať v praxi dohľadu.

MODERATED BY: JUDr. Michal Rampašek

🔹 Panel discussion 2

From digital trail to electronic evidence

Za akých podmienok je možné digitálnu stopu zaisťovať. Čo je potrebné dodržať aby sa z digitálnej stopy stal dôkaz. Panelová diskusia sa pokúsi dať odpovede na otázky, ktoré súvisia so štandardmi zaisťovania elektronických stôp, čo znamená chain of custody a prečo je tento pojem dôležitý. Hostia panelovej diskusie svojou odbornosťou pokrývajú najširšie spektrum strán a subjektov trestného konania, aby poskytli ucelená obraz použiteľnosti elektronických dôkazov v trestnom konaní.

MODERATED BY: doc. JUDr. Marek Kordík, PhD., LL.M.

🔹 Accompanying events

The conference will also include accompanying activities, including professional workshopu and educational course for high school students, aimed at increasing legal awareness in the field of cybersecurity.

☕🍽️ Social program

It will be provided for participants during the conference coffee break and lunch.
After the official conclusion of the conference, there will be gala banquet, which will offer space for informal discussions and networking.

📝 Registration

Participation in the conference is free, however, registration is mandatory no later than February 6, 2026.

Registration must be confirmed by the event organizer.
Due to limited capacity, we recommend registering early.

👉 You can find the registration form TU. a na stránke projektu CUSEC: https://cusec.flaw.uniba.sk/

We look forward to your participation in the conference CUSEC 2026.

Even in 2026, we continue to develop expertise in the field of cybersecurity through CUSEC lifelong learning programs.

👉 On January 16, 2026, the course Responsible relationships in cybersecurity started, which focuses on legal, organizational and responsibility aspects in a dynamically developing cyber environment.

At the same time, another module of the Basics of Cybersecurity Regulation and Related Areas course continues, which provides a systematic overview of the regulatory framework in the area of cybersecurity, data protection and related topics.

📍 Education takes place in modernized premises that were reconstructed as part of the CUSEC project, financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic, as part of project no. 17R05-04-V01-00002.

We see lifelong learning as a key tool for connecting law, regulation and practice in cybersecurity. We look forward to further joint education in 2026.

The team CUSEC project visited 11/12/2025 Gymnázium Ul. on November 17 in Topoľčany to introduce more than a hundred students to the issue of cyberbullying.

The lecturing team consisting of JUDr. Zoltán Gyurasz, PhD., Mgr. Maroš Pavlovič, PhD., LL.M. and JUDr. Marek Adamkovič presented the key aspects of cyberbullying prevention to the high school students. The discussion also focused on the consequences of cyberbullying and on practical examples that young people can encounter in the online environment. Students actively participated, asked questions and showed great interest in the topic that directly affects them. A helping hand was also given in the organization of the training by the student auxiliary scientific forces Bc. Marek Mičák a Bc. Bogdan Lukashenko.

We thank the pedagogical team of the gymnasium under the leadership of PaedDr. Martina Mazáňová, PhD. for the opportunity to present the results of our research directly in Topoľčany. Such meetings confirm how important it is to connect professional knowledge with practice and to support education in the field of cybersecurity already in secondary schools.

A conference was held at the UPJŠ Faculty of Law in Košice Human rights and freedoms under pressure from algorithms: International and national AI challenges, at which the doctoral students of the Institute of IT Law and PDV, supported by the grant scheme of the Competence Centre for the Regulation of Cybersecurity, Privacy Protection and Cybercrime, also spoke Soňa Juhásová and Lucia Rybanová.

Lucia Rybanová prezentovala príspevok Is Sharing Really Caring? Legislative Response to Sharenting in the EU Digital Legislation, in which she addressed the phenomenon of sharing and the possibilities of how European digital regulation reacts to it, especially the Digital Services Act.

Soňa Juhásová vo vystúpení Digital constitutionalism: a path to respect for human rights in the age of algorithms? Zdôraznila a kriticky analyzovala potrebu ústavných princípov pri moderovaní obsahu a rozhodovaní zo strany online platforiem. 

The participation of our doctoral students enriched the professional discussion on current challenges in the field of rights protection in the digital environment.

Doctoral students of the Faculty of Law, UK Mgr. Soňa Juhásová, Mgr. Lucia Rybanová, Mgr. Miroslav Sorkovský and Mgr. Alžbeta Šimeková were supported within the grant scheme of the Competence Centre for the Regulation of Cybersecurity, Privacy Protection and Cybercrime (CUSEC).

In their dissertations, all four focus on the current challenges of the digital space - from the regulation of social platforms and freedom of expression, to the protection of minors on social networks and the use of artificial intelligence in criminal proceedings, to the regulatory tools of cybersecurity.

Support from CUSEC will enable them to actively participate in international conferences and research stays in the field of information technology law, artificial intelligence and digital regulation, develop their own research and at the same time make the Law Faculty of the UK and CUSEC visible in the international academic environment.

In Topoľčany we met with PaedDr. Martina Mazáňová, PhD., the director of the Gymnasium at Ul. November 17. 🤝📚

They attended the meeting for CUSEC doc. JUDr. Jozef Andraško, PhD. and Mgr. Maroš Pavlovič, PhD., LL.M. Together, we continued the cooperation, which was recently confirmed by the signed memorandum. ✍️🤝

The discussion was very stimulating. 💬✨
In addition to the planned courses and activities for students, we also talked about current challenges in the area cyber bullying, which affects an increasing number of young people. 🧑‍💻⚠️

It is a topic that we want to address systematically and in close cooperation with memorandum secondary schools. 🛡️👩‍🏫👨‍🏫

On November 3 and 4, 2025, a professional conference was held in the High Tatras "KYBER2025: AI and the Future of Cybersecurity", which was organized by the National Security Office of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as "NBÚ"). The conference was attended by representatives of the National Security Agency, the Competence and Certification Center for cybersecurity and the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University Bratislava (hereinafter referred to as "Faculty of Law, Comenius University Bratislava").

Faculty of Law, Comenius University Bratislava was represented at the conference by the heads of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Criminology prof. JUDr. Jozef Čentéš, DrSc. and an internal doctoral student Mgr. Alžbeta Šimeková, who participated in the event as part of the project of the Competence Centre for the regulation of Cybersecurity, privacy protection and Cybercrime (CUSEC).

Prof. Čenteš actively spoke at the conference with a professional contribution on the topic "Criminal Liability of Cybersecurity Managers". In his speech, he addressed the issue of the legal status and responsibility of cybersecurity managers in connection with the fulfillment of obligations under the Cyber ​​Security Act, as well as the limits of criminal liability in the event of their violation. He also discussed selected facts of crimes committed in cyberspace, including unauthorized access to a computer system, dangerous electronic harassment, as well as the issue of ransomware attacks. In the context of the amendment to the Criminal Code effective from August 6, 2025, he analyzed the new factual elements of criminal offenses of violation of restrictive measures and the introduction of the concept of "gross negligence". His contribution appropriately complemented expert presentations focused on current issues of cybersecurity, new regulatory measures and the security of artificial intelligence, thus contributing to a comprehensive view of the connection between criminal liability, the regulatory framework and technological aspects of cyberspace protection.

The approach of the NBU can be appreciated, which through the selection of topics, the professional level of the contributions and the moderation of the program ensured that the course of the conference was factual, professionally balanced and stimulating, while it was characterized by the active participation of those present in the discussions.

V dňoch 23. a 24. októbra bol JUDr. Marek Adamkovič na konferencii Truth and Authority in Criminal Justice organizovanú Právnickou fakultou Maastrichtskej Univerzity. Na konferencii aktívne vystúpil s príspevkom Disinformation, Public Health, and the Role of Criminal Law. Išlo o prezentáciu výskumu ktorý realizoval spoločne so svojim školiteľom doc. JUDr. Marekom Kordíkom, PhD., LL.M. Výskum sa zaoberal otázkou „Či je trestné právo vhodným nástrojom na postihovanie dezinformácii súvisiacich s verejným zdravím“, pričom pre daný účel bol analyzovaný pojem verejné zdravie v rôznych prameňoch medzinárodného práva, a tiež rozhodovacia činnosť ESĽP vo vzťahu ku slobode prejavu a jej obmedziteľnosti z dôvodu ochrany zdravia tak, ako to predpokladá čl. 10 ods. 2 Dohovoru o ochrane ľudských práv a základných slobôd. Preskúmané súdne rozhodnutia napovedajú, že Európsky súd pre ľudské práva vníma ochranu verejného zdravia ako legitímny cieľ, avšak kriminalizácia konaní ktoré by doň zasahovali realizovaním slobody prejavu sa nemusí javiť ako proporcionálne opatrenie. Limitáciu výskumu je však malý počet súdnych rozhodnutí ktoré zároveň posudzovali prípady administratívnych sankcii a nie sankcii uložených na základe porušení trestného zákona.

V časopise Časopis pro právní vědu a praxi vyšiel nový článok s názvom „Ransomvér a úhrada výkupného v kontexte trestného práva“, ktorého autormi sú prof. Jozef Čentéš a Michal Rampašek.

The publication was created within CUSEC project and addresses one of the current challenges at the intersection of cybersecurity, compliance and criminal law – the legal consequences of paying ransom after ransomware attacks.

The authors analyze this issue from a Slovak and Czech perspective, focusing mainly on:
🔹 laundering proceeds from the ransom through cryptocurrencies and anonymization tools,
🔹 possible criminal law risks (money laundering, terrorist financing, violation of EU sanctions), and
🔹 decision-making framework from the point of view of compliance for organizations facing ransom payment requirements.

At a time when the number of ransomware attacks in Europe is constantly growing, this article offers up-to-date knowledge not only for experts in criminal law, but also for CISOs, compliance and risk managers who deal with real incidents in practice.

Dňa 15. októbra 2025 sa uskutočnilo prvé stretnutie medzi riaditeľkou Základnej školy a Gymnázia s vyučovacím jazykom maďarským na Dunajskej ulici 13 v Bratislave, Mgr. Katarínou Morvayovou, a zástupcami Kompetenčného centra pre reguláciu kybernetickej bezpečnosti, ochrany súkromia a kybernetickej kriminality, doc. Andraškom a Dr. Gyurászom.

Stretnutie nadviazalo na nedávno podpísané memorandum o spolupráci, ktorého cieľom je posilniť povedomie o kybernetickej bezpečnosti a ochrane súkromia medzi žiakmi a pedagógmi.

📘 Pre stredné školy bude Kompetenčné centrum zabezpečovať sériu odborných školení s názvom „Kybernetická hygiena pre stredné školy“, ktoré sa zameriavajú na témy z oblasti kybernetickej bezpečnosti, ochrany súkromia a kybernetickej kriminality.

💡 Pre študentov sa pripravujú vzdelávacie aktivity v atraktívnom a veku primeranom formáte, ktoré podporia zodpovedné správanie, kritické myslenie a bezpečný pohyb vo virtuálnom prostredí.

Táto spolupráca predstavuje dôležitý krok k budovaniu digitálne uvedomelej a bezpečnej generácie.