The NCC Montenegro recently hosted a collaborative meeting with Branko Dzakula, a prominent cybersecurity expert and serial tech entrepreneur. As NCC Montenegro accelerates the adoption of AI and supercomputing across the region, this meeting served as a strategic platform to explore how next-generation computational power can elevate enterprise security.
Mr. Branko Dzakula brings an exceptional track record of scaling high-growth tech companies that bridge advanced automation, cybersecurity, and AI compliance. He is the Co-founder of Secfix, a highly successful Germany-based compliance automation platform that recently secured a major $12 million Series A funding round (bringing its total investment to over $17 million), to support its rapidly expanding global client base. His startup portfolio also features impactful Montenegrin-founded ventures, including Skenify, a specialized AI-backed vulnerability management SaaS tailored for the SME sector, and UN1QUELY, a premier regional cybersecurity consulting firm and professional academy. Recognized as a Top 3% global talent (Toptal network), Mr. Dzakula holds top-tier international credentials (CISSP, CISM) and maintains active leadership in IEEE and ISACA. His ventures represent the pinnacle of commercial success and technical expertise, proving that Montenegrin-led innovation can significantly impact highly competitive European markets.
NCC Montenegro serves as a national gateway to the European supercomputing ecosystem, providing Cloud HPC assessments (over 100), HPC/AI technical consultations (over 50), and EuroHPC access/deployment (15+ companies and institutions), successfully supporting advanced R&D and AI scaling. By providing free access to GPU/CPU hours on world-class EuroHPC supercomputers like LUMI and Leonardo (resources otherwise cost-prohibitive for local firms), the NCC has accelerated innovation for MNE companies, across a wide array of sectors, including: FinTech (Uhura Solutions, PAID MNE), HealthTech (ONE AI), AdTech & Digital integrity (Coinis), Cybersecurity & Safety (DeepMark, CyberCo), HR-Tech (Recrewty, Digital Smart), Industry 4.0 & Green AI (FainTech), Climate Tech (IHMS), XAI (ETF), etc. With a robust educational portfolio of over 40 HPC/AI training sessions and industry workshops in 2025 alone, the NCC has become the primary catalyst for the nation’s HPC/AI talent pool and digital competitiveness.
The dialogue highlighted potential use-cases in the R&D phase, specifically anchoring advanced cybersecurity operations onto HPC infrastructure, as well as establishing a training framework for specialized capacity building. Through this collaboration, NCC Montenegro leverages its parallel computing expertise and EuroHPC infrastructure to secure intensive AI-driven workloads and advanced cybersecurity workflows. By bridging the gap between high-end expertise and exascale resources, this collaboration aims to support Montenegrin innovations becoming globally competitive, ethically sound, and cyber-resilient.