We are the Cyber Security Team of Masaryk University
Since 2009, we have been protecting the cyber environment, transferring research findings and developmental project outcomes into practice, and educating users not only at Masaryk University.
We are the first certified security team in Czechia.
We protect the cyberspace of Masaryk University
Masaryk University is a modern educational institution for which secure cyberspace is necessary. We make sure it is. See what services we provide to achieve this goal.
We share our knowledge and cooperate with students
Cybersecurity is becoming more and more relevant, and we are experts in it. We offer the opportunity to cooperate with us and learn a lot. Opportunities for cooperation.
We are actively involved in scientific research projects
The projects aim to research and develop methods for increasing the level of cybersecurity, both nationally and internationally. Have a look at some of the best projects currently in progress.
Our constituency is the network of Masaryk University, that includes:
all IPv4 adresses from the range 147.251.0.0/16
all IPv6 adresses from the range 2001:718:801::/48
muni.cz domain
Our competencies are then formally set out in the rector's directives no. 9/2017 Information Technology Administration and no. 10/2017 Use of Information Technologies. It is mainly the coordination and security incidents solving in the MU network, communication with the superior security team of the CESNET academic network, and with IT MU administrators.
Projects and Collaboration
Through research and development projects, we strengthen our expertise and enhance the quality of the services we provide.
Ongoing Projects
Automated analysis of security telemetry (VK01030070)
Project Identification
VK01030070
Project Period
1/2023 - 12/2025
Investor / Programme / Project Type
Ministery of the Interior of the CR
Open Challenges in Security Research 2023-2029 (OPSEC)
MU Faculty or Unit
Institute of Comupter Science
RNDr. Daniel Tovarňák, Ph.D.
Mgr. Michal Čech
Mgr. Martin Gregorík
Mgr. Martin Hamerník
Bc. Ondřej Molík
Bc. Tomáš Plesník
Mgr. Matúš Raček
RNDr. Petr Velan, Ph.D.
The project responds to the need of the user organization to more effectively process the flood of security telemetry generated in the context of Czech Republic's cybersecurity. The project focuses on research, development, and innovation in the field of data science and security automation. The goal is to create a reference system for processing, retention, and advanced analysis of security telemetry in both relational and graph paradigms, including the use of machine learning methods. The existence of such a system is crucial for the future development of autonomous cybersecurity. The overarching outcome of the project will demonstrate the possibilities of automating selected tasks in security operations within the realm of data analytics. The project outputs will take the form of a comprehensive set of open-source tools aimed at maximizing its impact at the national and international levels.
Sustainable Development Goals
Masaryk University aligns itself with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to improve the conditions and quality of life on our planet by 2030.
Fostering interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration for the development of autonomous cybersecurity solutions (AICA-CONNECT)
Project Identification
VJ03030039
Project Period
6/2023 - 12/2025
Investor / Programme / Project type
Ministry of the Interior of the CR
Strategic Support Program for Security Research in the Czech Republic 2015-2020 (IMPAKT 1)
MU Faculty or Unit
Institute of Computer Science
RNDr. Martin Drašar, Ph.D.
Mgr. Ádám Ruman
RNDr. Lukáš Sadlek
The subject of the presented project is to establish and strengthen collaboration among research organizations, industrial partners, and government stakeholders in the research and development of autonomous cybersecurity systems. Given the nature of these systems, it is necessary to address a multitude of research, technical, ethical, and legal challenges, the scope of which goes beyond the capabilities of any single organization. Therefore, the presented project aims to build an interdisciplinary and intersectoral network of collaborating entities with the goal of facilitating mutual information exchange, specifying relevant problem areas, organizing mutual collaborations, coordinating project preparation, and organizing activities that support the development of relevant technologies.
Building situational awareness in HEI cyberspace and effective response to crisis situations
Project Identification
ROZV/C9/2023
Project Period
1/2023 - 12/2023
Investor / Programme / Project type
Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR
Rozvojové programy
Centralizované rozvojové projekty
MU Faculty or Unit
Institute of Computer Science
Bc. Tomáš Plesník
Bc. Tereza Beluská
Bc. Pavel Brejcha
Mgr. Barbora Fukárková
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D.
Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Horák
Mgr. Richard Kalinec
Ivan Kotora
Ing. Martin Kovařík
RNDr. Martin Laštovička, Ph.D.
Bc. Dávid Magušin
Bc. et Bc. Natalia Peterková
Bc. Kateřina Roch
Matěj Smyčka
Mgr. Andrej Tomči
Collaborating Organizations
Akademie múzických umění v Praze
Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze
Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně
Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
Mendelova univerzita v Brně
Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě
Slezská univerzita v Opavě
Technická univerzita v Liberci
Univerzita Hradec Králové
Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem
Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Univerzita Pardubice
Veterinární univerzita Brno
Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita v Ostravě
Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
Vysoká škola umělecko-průmyslová v Praze
Vysoké učení technické v Brně
Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze
České vysoké učení technické v Praze
Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
Vysoká škola polytechnická Jihlava
Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích
The presented project aims to ensure the development and deployment of shared procedures, technologies, and policies for the coordinated management and assurance of cybersecurity in the digital environment of all 26 higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Czech Republic. The project's goal is to enhance cybersecurity and information security in the cyberspace of the involved HEIs by building a comprehensive situational awareness of activities in the ICT environment. The common goal of all HEIs is to continuously develop the cognitive abilities of university users in relation to their activities in law-regulated information systems.
Within the project, there will be a gradual development and direct integration of modern security solutions to meet the requirements of the Cybersecurity Act (ZoKB), the adoption of effective security measures according to the Regulation on Cybersecurity (VoKB), and the enhancement of the abilities of university users to efficiently prevent and withstand cyberattacks. The project will address crisis planning and provide actual support for crisis management by designing, developing, and integrating crisis plans to ensure business continuity (Business Continuity Plans) and the recovery of organizational operations after a disaster (Disaster Recovery Plans). This will involve the use of modern methods and knowledge acquired in the fields of risk management, crisis management, and knowledge management to ensure an effective response to potential national or international crisis situations.
The project will also include conducting necessary legal analyses from the perspective of real impacts and preparations for the incoming obligations arising from the European Parliament and Council (EU) directive, 'NIS2 Directive.' The project will also cover the areas of information classification and risk management related to the supply chain.
Sustainable Development Goals
Masaryk University aligns itself with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to improve the conditions and quality of life on our planet by 2030.
Developing and deploying SOC capabilities for the academic sector - a teamwork of Universities and RTOs in the CEE region (101128073)
Project Identification
101128073
Project Period
10/2023 - 9/2026
Investor / Programme / Project Type
Evropská unie
DIGITAL EUROPE
MU Faculty or Unit
Institute of Computer Science
RNDr. Martin Laštovička, Ph.D.
RNDr. Michal Javorník, Ph.D.
RNDr. Vít Rusňák, Ph.D.
RNDr. Daniel Tovarňák, Ph.D.
RNDr. Petr Velan, Ph.D.
Collaborating Organizations
CESNET z.s.p.o.
Responsible person Ing. Martin Žádník, Ph.D.
Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
Responsible person Roman Šenkeřík
Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici
Responsible person Michal Mešťan
Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Tartu Ülikool
Responsible person Ivar Koppel
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
Responsible person Lucjan Stalmach
Mykolas Romeris University
Odpovědná osoba Darius Štitilis
Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica w Krakowie
Responsible person Izabela Albrycht
Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie
Responsible person Mariusz Kwinta-Pudełko
Developing and deploying SOC capabilities for the academic sector - a teamwork of Universities and RTOs in the CEE region project is aimed at strengthening the cybersecurity capabilities and resilience of the EU by supporting the development of Security Operations Centres (SOC) preparedness, readiness, capabilities, and infrastructure within the academic sector – Universities and Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) particularly in the Central Eastern Europe (CEE). The CEE region is now being heavily affected by a multitude of cyber operations executed parallelly to growing geopolitical tensions, the same trend can be observed regarding the academic centres which are now under a permanent threat, experiencing “the highest volumes of attacks every month in 2022 and in 2021”. Thus, the project is expected to support a structured and underpinned with unified methodology, development and deployment of SOC infrastructure and services within academic centres involved in the project’s consortium. This includes a creation of a Toolbox to share best practices regarding the SOC establishment and models of possible SOC services deployment and integration. Academic sector saturation with given SOC solutions will result in better monitoring, detection and response to cyber-attacks and threats, including knowledge and cybersecurity threat intelligence (CTI) sharing (vulnerability databases), as well as supporting the popularisation of a framework for joint reaction against cyber incidents (FIRST, SIM3). An important objective of the project is a popularization of knowledge about the SOC development, deployment, and functioning and a buildout of relevant SOC’s skills across cybersecurity community within universities, a future grouping of cybersecurity professionals expected to support private and public entities in upgrading their cybersecurity capabilities.
ResilMesh: Situation Aware enabled Cyber Resilience for Dispersed, Heterogenous Cyber Systems (101119681)
Project Identification
101119681
Project Period
10/2023 - 9/2026
Investor / Programme / Project Type
Evropská unie
Horizont Europe
Cluster 3 - Civil security for society
MU Faculty or Unit
Institute of Computer Science
RNDr. Martin Husák, Ph.D.
Collaborating Organizations
Technological University of the Shannon
ResilMesh will develop a cyber situational awareness based Security Orchestration and Analytics Platform Architecture (SOAPA)
toolset to improve digital infrastructure resilience through fulfilling these objectives:
1: Improving end-to-end data aggregation and security control interoperability in dispersed digital infrastructures
2: Giving CSIRTs better awareness of the service and asset dependencies of their network
3: Helping CSIRTs to build cyber resilience capacity
4:Developing AI based algorithms and tools for early and ongoing attack detection and prediction
5:Developing a situation assessment system to view and forecast network level risk
These objectives are achieved through a 10 work package project plan. ResilMesh will build a SOAPA platform by combining existing security controls and other tools from consortium participant with readily available open source elements. It will develop algorithms and software tools in the project and will integrate these with the platform to form a complete SOAPA system. It will validate the operation of the ResilMesh system through use cases in three different infrastructure categories (i.e. renewable energy SCADA; smart
manufacturing robotics and regional civil infrastructure) and five open call use cases. These 8 pilots will ensure that the platform is evaluated across a wide range of critical infrastructures.
ReilMesh develops AI based algorithms to improve attack detection and prediction for endpoint and network traffic; it help CSIRTs deal digital infrastructure complexity and heterogeneity by providing tools to give them better awareness of environment dependencies, threats and risk while preserving privacy. It increases the reliability and granularity of shared threat intelligence to improve context for threat hunting and cyber forensics incident response leading to more robust decision making. Finally it provides a suite of best practices to build cyber capacity to improve resilience preparation.
Streamlining cybersecurity incident analyses (SECURIAN)
Project Identification
FW06010009
Project Period
1/2023 - 12/2025
Investor / Programme / Project Type
Technologická agentura ČR
TREND
Sub-programme 1 "Technology Leaders"
MU Faculty or Unit
Institute of Computer Science
RNDr. Vít Rusňák, Ph.D.
Bc. Tomáš Plesník
RNDr. Petr Velan, Ph.D.
Collaborating Organizations
FlowMon Networks, a.s.
Responsible person Jan Střítežský
Responsible person Martin Holkovič
The project responds to the need of the user organization to efficiently process the deluge of security telemetry generated in the context of safeguarding the cyberspace of the Czech Republic. The project's focus is on research, development, and innovation in the fields of data science and security automation. Its objective is to create a reference system for processing, retention, and advanced analysis of security telemetry in both relational and graph paradigms, utilizing machine learning methods. The existence of such a system is absolutely crucial for the future advancement of autonomous cybersecurity.
The overarching outcome of the project will demonstrate the possibilities of automating selected tasks within security operations in the field of data analytics. The project outputs will take the form of a comprehensive set of open-source tools with the aim of maximizing its impact on both the national and international levels.
Sustainable Development Goals
Masaryk University aligns itself with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to improve the conditions and quality of life on our planet by 2030.
Experiences and Know-how
The implementation of projects has always been a cornerstone of our activities. We have nearly fifteen years of experience in addressing both national and international projects, as evidenced by the overview of completed projects. Within some projects, we have also developed useful tools and released them as open-source on our GitHub.
Our team of experts combines theoretical knowledge with extensive practical experience. We are open to collaboration with partners from the academia as well as entities from the public and private sectors, including contract research. We offer students the opportunity to participate in our projects through paid internships and theses. If you are interested in collaborating with us, please do not hesitate to contact us.
For students
Courses
Our team members pass on their knowledge within several courses taught at the Faculty of Informatics MU:
- Cybersec. in an Organization (PV210)
- Network Forensics (PV280)
- Seminar on Cyber Attacks (PV276)
- Advanced Topics of Cyber Security (PA211)
Thesis Supervision
We offer students the opportunity to write their theses under the supervision of our team members. The theses we supervise are usually related to current projects.