Czech gov't approves national security audit

The Czech government on Wednesday approved the recently-completed national security audit, with the aim to assess the resilience of the country against security threats, said Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka on his twitter.

Sobotka said the audit would help eliminate potential security risks in the Czech Republic.

The security audit was supposed to check how the country was prepared to face security threats and how resistant it was to a direct confrontation with a risk. The audit also assessed the current level of legislation and the most risky areas.

By the end of April 2017, the Czech Interior Ministry will work out an action plan in reaction to the audit.

Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said it is the first time for the Czech Republic to have such an audit of national security, and it proved that safety is the absolute priority of the country.

He said he is ready to continue to coordinate the implementation of the audit and develop action plans and timetables for it.

The action plan will assess the fulfillment of the measures adopted for the audit and set timetables for individual tasks. It will be submitted to the government by April 30, 2017 and will be made public.

After the completion of the audit, Sobotka said the country's security system was set well, but certain shortcomings that emerged must be removed.

The work on the audit was launched at the beginning of 2016 in connection with the attacks in Europe last year. Its preparation was coordinated by the Czech Interior Ministry.

About 120 experts from the ministries, other administrative offices, security forces and intelligence services participated in the work. Endit