Our readers pointed out a broken hyperlink in our recently published segment of the series on hybrid threats in Slovakia. This hyperlink, redirected to the public version analysis of the state administration bodies to hybrid threats, hosted on the Ministry of Interior’s website. However, the Ministry decided to make this resilience-building guide for Slovakia—arguably the most comprehensive mapping of vulnerabilities to hybrid threats—unavailable to the public.
Is it a coincidence that the state took this step just when our institute highlighted the lack of action to address these vulnerabilities?
It is striking that the state would rather clumsily hide information that had been publicly accessible for 11 months than focus on addressing the identified issues. The public version of the analysis was created to facilitate public dissemination and discussion within expert circles and contained no sensitive or classified information. Moreover, it was one of the outputs of an EU-funded project aimed at strengthening Slovakia’s resilience.
Our institute will continue to evaluate the relevance of the identified vulnerabilities and monitor the implementation of measures outlined in the now-deleted document. While the state has hidden the public version of the in-depth analysis without any explanation, you can now read it on our blog!
You can find the analysis here.