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CHESS consortium welcomes a new associated partner, the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITL). ITL is a leading cooperation network in the ICT field, driving the innovation of a smart digital society. Representing companies that account for over 70% of the Estonian ICT sector’s turnover, ITL has a… Read More »Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITL) joining CHESS as a new associated partner

Two Brno universities, Brno University of Technology and Masaryk University, will lead two new EU-funded cybersecurity projects. Both initiatives have their roots in collaboration within the Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia (CHESS) – a project that has brought together the leading cybersecurity institutions in South Moravia and… Read More »Big Success for CHESS: New Cybersecurity Projects Funded

SP2I: 5th International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Intelligent Infrastructures Co-organized with ARES 2025. The SP2I 2025 workshop aims to collect the most relevant ongoing research efforts in the field of privacy and security in Intelligent Infrastructures. This workshop also welcomes submissions that deal with interdisciplinary research connecting privacy… Read More »Conferences and Workshops Organizing by CHESS in 2025

On February 5, 2025, the CHESS Cyber-Security Excellence Hub hosted a matchmaking event in Brno, Czech Republic, bringing CHESS partners, CTOs, CISOs, security architects, companies, and students together. The event facilitated discussions on emerging cybersecurity challenges, with researchers presenting their latest research works in the domain of cybersecurity, blockchain, post-quantum… Read More »CHESS matchmaking event in Brno

A consortium meeting for the EU-funded project CYBER-SECURITY EXCELLENCE HUB IN ESTONIA AND SOUTH MORAVIA (CHESS) was held on February 5-6, 2025, at the Brno University of Technology (BUT) and the South Moravian Innovation Centre (JIC). Participants from the commercial, public, and academic sectors from Estonia and the South Moravia… Read More »CHESS consortium meeting 2025 at Brno, Czech Republic

Various fellowships in 2024 were organized under the CHESS project between Estonia and South Moravia. These fellowships facilitate the exchange of researchers between Estonia and South Moravia for joint research, skill development, and access to cutting-edge technologies, advancing knowledge sharing, academic excellence, and the development of new research initiatives. These… Read More »CHESS 2024 Fellowships in Estonia and South Moravia

The CHESS Cyber-Security Excellence Hub Brokerage Event Thaya was organised by Brno University of Technology and CHESS Cyber-Security Excellence Hub partners in the South Moravia region from July 31st to Aug 1st 2024. The goal of the event was to connect people and institutions from different sectors. The government, academia,… Read More »CHESS Cyber-Security Excellence Hub Brokerage Event Thaya

The International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Intelligent Infrastructures 2024 (SP2I’24) aims to collect the most relevant ongoing research efforts in privacy and security in intelligent infrastructures. KEYNOTES In “On Value of Large-Scale Blackbox Analysis of Software and Hardware Cryptographic Implementations”, Petr Svenda presented lessons from large-scale analysis of… Read More »International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Intelligent Infrastructures at ARES’24

This year, the Workshop on Education, training, and Awareness in Cybersecurity 2024 (ETACS’24) took place in Vienna. This CHESS Cyber-Security Excellence Hub-affiliated event was focused on discussions, paper presentations, and keynote dealing with modern trends in cybersecurity education, training, and awareness raising. The keynote entitled “The State of Cybersecurity Today – Exploring the Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Defenses… Read More »Workshop on Education, Training and Awareness in Cybersecurity at ARES’24

The Cyber-Security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia (CHESS), the Estonian Academy of Sciences, the Estonian Information System Authority (RIA) and Cybernetica organised the Future Cryptography Conference in Tallinn on May 13, 2024. Over 80 participants from different European universities, companies and public institutions took part in the event.… Read More »Future Cryptography Conference in Tallinn