Awareness and training is foreseen mostly for the public sector:

• Connect institutions such as the State School for Public Administration, Police Academy and Judicial Academy with the universities, especially the units with established and high-quality programmes in the area of information security, personal data protection, cybercrime, etc.
• Raise the level of knowledge about information security in all the segments of the society with campaigns including public media.
• Implement content related to cybersecurity awareness raising in other school subjects as interdisciplinary content.
• Call pupils’ and parents’ attention to the threats in the information society in homeroom classes, PTA meetings, thematic lectures and other extracurricular activities.
• Include cybersecurity topics in professional development programmes for teachers.
• Include segment-specific cybersecurity topics in training programmes for civil servants.

While Croatia has no formal public-private partnerships, several initiatives aim to strengthen links between different sectors of society or can serve as multipliers in reaching companies and other organisations on the importance of cybersecurity.

CARNet, the National CERT, has jurisdiction over all parties that use a Croatian IP address and will liaise with private organisations for the purpose of cybersecurity incident prevention and incident response.

The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) is an independently-run public authority that liaises with the private sector in its support role of the communication industry.

RACVIAC — Centre for Security Cooperation is a representative body for the defence and security sectors in south-eastern Europe, based in Croatia.

The Croatian Defense Industry Competitiveness Cluster (HKKOI; English) brings together the country’s relevant SMEs in cooperation with Croatia’s Ministry of Defence to spin out commercial applications from military technologies. HKKOI’s members are active mainly in the fields of advanced materials, cyber security, electronics, energy, ICT, robotics and the land, maritime and naval sectors. HKKOI is focused on boosting the capacities of its SMEs by linking them to the value chains of larger enterprises to develop new products and services. The cluster is also expanding its international cooperation, and currently has contacts with the European Defence Agency and the region of Andalusia.

There is also the Association of Croatian ICT clusters.

The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM; English Version) is a public authority that supports the communication industry. HAKOM liaises with the private sector in the course of its duties.

The Information Systems Security Bureau (ZSIS; Croatian; English version is the national competent authority for network and information security as stated in the Act on Information Security 2007. It operates under the Office for National Security.

Croatia has two established computer emergency response teams (CERTs). CARNet, the National CERT (Croatian; English Version).

ZSIS CERT,  (English Version) was established in 2009 and is responsible for coordinating security and incident response measures for parties that use a Croatian IP address or .hr domain.

The Information Systems Security Bureau’s ZSIS CSI (English Version) has jurisdiction over Croatian government institutions.

The CYBERWISER.eu CyPR is all about boosting opportunities in the cybersecurity marketplace. 

This European Cybersecurity Professional Register is the place where professionals of any age can promote their specific skill sets and experiences in cybersecurity, courses taken and qualifications.

Organisations of any size or sector (from SMEs to large companies and public institutions can find and contact the right skills and experiences they need to improve their IT security posture.

January 2021

The information contained here is based on desk research carried out by CYBERWISER.eu, including the ENISA interactive maps on national strategies and educational courses. 

The information contained here is the result of desk research carried out by CYBERWISER.eu.