• industry, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
• academic and research organisations
• relevant civil society associations
• relevant European standardisation organisations, public bodies and other bodies dealing with operational and technical issues in the field of cyber security
• stakeholders from sectors that have an interest in and face challenges in cyber security
• national coordination centres
• where appropriate, European Digital Innovation Hubs
• authorities, institutions and other Union bodies with relevant expertise, such as ENISA;

The purpose of the Community is to bring together key stakeholders in terms of technological, industrial, academic and research capabilities in the field of cybersecurity and to contribute to the mission of the ECCC and the NCC Network and to seek to improve, share and disseminate cybersecurity expertise in the EU.

Members of the Community in accordance with Article 9 of the EU Regulation 2021/887:

• support the ECCC in fulfilling its mission and objectives and to this end work closely with the ECCC and the NCC;
• participate in formal and informal activities and working groups where appropriate
• where appropriate, support the ECCC and the NCC in promoting specific projects.

Membership in the Community is governed by Act No. 264/2025 Coll., on Cybersecurity, which came into effect on 1 November 2025. Under this Act, Czech entities can now apply for membership in the Community via an electronic application form available on the NÚKIB Portal.

Applications are accepted only from organizations with a registered seat in the Czech Republic. NÚKIB, in its role as NCC, assesses both the basic and special eligibility criteria of applicants. Once eligibility is confirmed, the application is forwarded to the European Competence Centre (ECCC), which formally registers the organization as a member and publishes the data in the EU-wide database Cybersecurity Atlas.

The registration process is conducted entirely in Czech, and additional explanatory materials are available in Czech language on the NCC website.

For further information, contact us at: ncc@nukib.gov.cz

Cyber Research and Innovations in Security (CYRIS) Group

NÚKIB coordinates and regularly convenes the Cyber Research and Innovations in Security (CYRIS) group, originally launched in 2021 under the name Platform for Research and Development in Cyber and Information Security. In 2024, the group was renamed to CYRIS to better reflect its expanded scope and mission. The group provides a platform for regular meetings of representatives from the public, private, and academic sectors. These meetings aim to:

• Exchange up-to-date information
• Discuss research needs and current challenges
• Build new collaborations and research consortia

More information, including how to join CYRIS or attend upcoming meetings, is available on the CYRIS website or by contacting vyzkum@nukib.cz.