Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic seeks Tier III certification
An Altron case study
The Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic is a government department responsible for the state’s public administration, public and internal security, citizenship, identity cards and social security numbers, border protection, immigration control and more. Its ICT Operations Department (OPITK) drives the strategy, management, and development of key government projects, of which ITS (a secure optical network) and PEGAS (a secure cellular network for integrated surveillance services) are most critical.
The ITS project is critical for the Czech Republic because it delivers critical communications services upon which the police, fire brigade, and rescue services depend. Meanwhile, PEGAS is a private equivalent of public digital networks of mobile telephone operators, fully secured against eavesdropping and equipped with special functions to accommodate the needs of the police, the fire brigade, public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) forces, emergency medical services, and other government users. With a planned reconstruction of its data center building looming, OPITK’s leadership set out to identify a to ensure these vital initiatives could continue operating uninterrupted throughout the duration of the building overhaul.