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For the ninth time, the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TACR) awarded prizes for the best applied research projects with high social benefits. The Prize of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic 2021 in the category of Partnership was awarded to the Faculty of Information Technology of BUT, Flowmon Networks (now Progress) and their South Korean partners - Hallym University and Hancom GMD for their co-operation on development of the IoT Monitoring and Diagnostic Toolset within the IRONSTONE project. The new software tool developed during this co-operation monitors communications of autonomous devices to detect operational problems and identify security incidents early.

What dangers are posed by smart devices in households? And can we defend against them? Petr Matoušek tried to answer those questions and many more at the CyberCon conference held at the end of September by the National Cyber and Information Security Agency. His lecture is now available HERE (in Czech only). CyberCon is one of the biggest Czech events designed as a forum for sharing information, knowledge and experience of experts from various fields of cybersecurity both from the Czech Republic and the international field.

The dark web is considered a hiding place for trading in illegal goods and services. Daniel Dolejška and his FIT colleagues monitor those transactions and, using individual data, create an information map which will one day provide valuable information. What is going on on the dark web and how it is monitored is the topic of another episode of the About science and scientists (O vědě a vědcích) series broadcasted by Czech Television within its Week in the regions programme (only in Czech).