Anna Blechová is a PhD student at the Institute of Law and Technology, Masaryk University. Her research focuses on the legal aspects of cybersecurity in outer space, with a particular emphasis on the New Space sector. In addition to her primary research, she is involved in an EU-funded research project specializing in novel lawful interception tools and the digitalization of justice.

She holds a law degree from Masaryk University and has previously interned at the Law Branch of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) and the NÚKIB. She regularly collaborates with NATO CCDCOE on the Locked Shields exercise and has spoken at conferences such as CyCon in Tallinn and New Horizons in Air and Space Law: Treaties, Technologies, and Tomorrow’s Challenges in Singapore.

Alongside her doctoral studies, she has worked as a cybersecurity manager at the Prosecutor General’s Office in Czechia. She is currently a visiting researcher at the Leiden University Institute of Air and Space Law.