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This study addresses the physical security vulnerabilities of high-risk industrial facilities in the Czech Republic, focusing on the intersection between the Seveso-III Directive and the regulation of private security services (SBS). The objective of the paper is to answer the main research question: What legislative and organizational instruments can optimally integrate the future national Private Security Act with existing environmental protection frameworks to protect industrial facilities against physical sabo...

Transport represents one of the key sectors in terms of greenhouse gas emissions within the European Union and, at the same time, an area with a growing demand for both passenger and freight transport. Despite increasing energy efficiency, the European transport system remains largely dependent on fossil fuels and significantly contributes to CO2 emissions as well as to economic losses caused by traffic congestion. Strategic documents of the European Union, particularly the White Paper, envisage a substantial redu...

This case study addresses the increasing vulnerability of critical energy infrastructure in the Czech Republic to hybrid and physical attacks within the context of current escalating geopolitical tensions in Europe. The objective of the paper is to analyze the long-term trends of these threats and to answer the main research question: What political, organizational, and technological instruments can optimally protect Czech critical energy infrastructure from evolving hybrid and physical threats? The research utili...