• Twelve Ukrainian experts visited CyberSecurityHubcz and CyberRangecz on October 9 as the conclusion of a week-long Smart Industry mission in Brno.
• During the visit, the mission was evaluated and future steps for cooperation in the field of industrial cybersecurity were discussed.
• The mission follows on from earlier cooperation in 2023 and aims to implement specific educational, testing, and research projects.
The mission confirmed the strong interest of Ukrainian and Czech institutions in developing a strategic partnership in the areas of industrial digitization, innovation, and cybersecurity. The participating partners agreed with representatives of CyberSecurityHubcz and CyberRangecz on the need to continue regularly exchanging experiences, sharing know-how, and seeking joint projects within the framework of European initiatives for industrial renewal and modernization.
For the coming year, the goal will be to take advantage of the outputs from seven missions supported by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs' PROPED program and transform them into specific educational, testing, and research projects to support Ukrainian smart industry, cybersecurity, and other areas.
"The mission confirmed that combining practical experience from Ukraine with Czech research and testing capacities has enormous potential," says Tereza Šamanová.
"Ukrainian industry faces cyber attacks every day – this is their reality, but also a source of valuable knowledge. In return, the Czech side offers an innovative environment and a high level of expertise. Our goal is to systematically process this experience and use it to strengthen the cyber resilience of industry throughout the region."
Tereza Šamanová, Executive Director of CzechInno and Coordinator of EDIH CyberSecurity Innovation Hub
The visit to CyberSecurityHubcz was the final stop on a week-long mission (October 6–10, 2025) organized by the CzechInno association in cooperation with and with the support of the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ukrainian delegation took part in the program as part of the International Engineering Fair in Brno (MSV 2025), which is the largest industrial event in Central Europe.
• The delegation arrived in Brno on Tuesday, October 7, when participants were introduced to the mission program and attended the official opening of the Czech national exhibition at the International Industrial Fair (MSV), which was opened by Minister of Industry and Trade Lukáš Vlček together with BVV Trade Fairs Brno Director Jan Kubata.
• This was followed by a guided tour of the fair focused on the presentation of Czech European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) and their partners.
• On Wednesday, October 8, the program continued with a visit to EDIH DIGIMAT and CEITEC VUT testbeds, where Ukrainian representatives could see practical demonstrations of Industry 4.0 principles.
• In the afternoon, the "Smart Industry Ukraine" conference took place on the stage of the Czech national exhibition at MSV 2025, prepared in terms of content by the CzechInno association and organized by the Business Club Ukraine of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic. Selected members of the delegation presented Ukraine's experiences and needs in the field of digitization and smart industry.
• On Thursday, October 9, a series of thematic meetings with Czech partners from Digital Factory 2.0, the National Center for Industry 4.0, and EDIH CTU followed.
• The mission concluded with a visit to CyberSecurityHubCZ and CyberRangeCZ.
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Jakub Čegan, head of CyberRangecz, presented to the delegation the strategic activities of his expert group, which focuses on preparing professionals for complex cybersecurity incidents and crises. In the future, the group will also use attack scenarios that are currently unfolding in Ukraine.
Since 2022, Czechia-Ukraine cooperation has had a clear structured framework and has yielded concrete results. CzechInno regularly organizes thematic missions focused on five key areas: Smart Industry, Smart Cities/Regions, AI, Space, and cybersecurity.
In November 2023, a mission focused on cybersecurity took place, and on this occasion, the first Czechia-Ukraine conference "Cybersecurity Twister Czechia & Ukraine" was held. Fifteen Ukrainian cybersecurity experts met with Czech partners from NÚKIB, Masaryk University, CSIRT-MU, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic as part of CyberSecurityHubcz.
The 2023 conference resulted in four memoranda of cooperation between state institutions, academic organizations, and clusters. CyberSecurityHubcz has a memorandum with the Ukrainian Cluster Alliance. These memoranda were followed by specific projects.
On Thursday, April 24, we welcomed a delegation from Paraguay, Argentina and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Buenos Aires to the CyberSecurityHubcz premises in Brno. The visit focused primarily on introducing the CyberRangecz team and exploring training opportunities and capacity-building models that could benefit the Argentinian and Paraguayan side.
On Wednesday, February 5, we welcomed the Canadian Ambassador, Mrs. Emily McLaughlin, at CyberSecurityHubcz in Brno. The visit brought an inspiring discussion about the possibility of cybersecurity cooperation between CyberSecurityHubcz and Canada.