Jaroslav Šmíd completed cybernetics engineering at CTU Prague. He has been working in the state government in IT area all the life. Currently, he works for National Cyber and Information Security Agency as deputy for cyber security. Jaroslav is a member of Czech Security Research Council, Government Council for Competitiveness and Information Society and represents the Czech Republic on the international forums of information security within NATO, EU, ESA, CC and Galileo.