For the last several years, Ukraine has been facing a complex situation regarding cybercrime. As ... more For the last several years, Ukraine has been facing a complex situation regarding cybercrime. As stated by the Head of the Department of Cyberpolice of Ukraine, the annual number of cybercrimes is increasing rapidly. In 2015, Ukraine ranked among the top 10 countries in the world in cybercrime and among the top 15 in the number of Distributed Denial of Service attacks. According to a 2017 U. S. Department of State report, cybercrime activity in Ukraine is a major concern; Ukraine experiences several hundred to several thousand cyberattacks against government ministries and information portals every month. Furthermore, Ukraine has fallen victim to several high-profile incidents, such as the attacks in the energy sector in 2015 and 2016, the spread of Wannacry and Petya malware in 2017, and a number of other. In response to these factors, starting in 2015, Ukraine initialized reforms aimed at establishing and developing a system of
European Journal for Security Research, Nov 1, 2017
Perceiving cybersecurity as one of the priority areas of national security is common among both d... more Perceiving cybersecurity as one of the priority areas of national security is common among both developed and transitional states in today's globalized and digitized world. This is particularly relevant for the relatively young Independent state of Ukraine, which has during the last years repetitively fallen victim to many instances of high-profile malicious activity in cyberspace, the so-called "cyberattacks". In response, starting in 2015, a number of policy reforms aimed at developing the system of cybersecurity have begun to be implemented. Based on Ukrainian normative acts, the author attempts to describe the perception of cybersecurity, its defining features, the key principles of its provision, the system of actors that are involved in it, and the directions of sectoral policies, as well as their concrete measures. Furthermore, the article notes down the achievements that have already been reached and underlines the key challenges that are still to be overcome. Finally, the case study of Ukraine allows reaching some generalizations with regard Important update! Cybersecurity, as a relatively young yet crucial area of national security develops at a rapid pace. On October 5th 2017, ten days after this article was approved for publication, the Ukrainian Parliament, after much deliberation and several redraftings over the last years, finally approved the Draft Law on the Foundations of the Provision of Cybersecurity of Ukraine (19.06.2015 №2126а). As is noted in the article, this is an immense milestone of Ukrainian regulation of cybersecurity. In terms of the challenges that are overviewed in the article, the draft's adoption, to an extent, solves some problems regarding doctrinal inconsistencies. Furthermore, it shifts the legal framework of the provision of this area of national security from regulatory to legislative. That said, the policy directions and the actors involved in cybersecurity, the distribution of roles between them, as well as various other aspects of regulation remain essentially the same. Therefore, it is still safe to use the article as a reference for understanding the system of cybersecurity of Ukraine. Apart from that, as noted in particular in Part 7 of the article, a number of challenges and policy directions are not and can be not solved by a single law and require their respective specialized measures, leaving them relevant and quite pressing.
For the last several years, Ukraine has been facing a complex situation regarding cybercrime. As ... more For the last several years, Ukraine has been facing a complex situation regarding cybercrime. As stated by the Head of the Department of Cyberpolice of Ukraine, the annual number of cybercrimes is increasing rapidly. In 2015, Ukraine ranked among the top 10 countries in the world in cybercrime and among the top 15 in the number of Distributed Denial of Service attacks. According to a 2017 U. S. Department of State report, cybercrime activity in Ukraine is a major concern; Ukraine experiences several hundred to several thousand cyberattacks against government ministries and information portals every month. Furthermore, Ukraine has fallen victim to several high-profile incidents, such as the attacks in the energy sector in 2015 and 2016, the spread of Wannacry and Petya malware in 2017, and a number of other. In response to these factors, starting in 2015, Ukraine initialized reforms aimed at establishing and developing a system of
European Journal for Security Research, Nov 1, 2017
Perceiving cybersecurity as one of the priority areas of national security is common among both d... more Perceiving cybersecurity as one of the priority areas of national security is common among both developed and transitional states in today's globalized and digitized world. This is particularly relevant for the relatively young Independent state of Ukraine, which has during the last years repetitively fallen victim to many instances of high-profile malicious activity in cyberspace, the so-called "cyberattacks". In response, starting in 2015, a number of policy reforms aimed at developing the system of cybersecurity have begun to be implemented. Based on Ukrainian normative acts, the author attempts to describe the perception of cybersecurity, its defining features, the key principles of its provision, the system of actors that are involved in it, and the directions of sectoral policies, as well as their concrete measures. Furthermore, the article notes down the achievements that have already been reached and underlines the key challenges that are still to be overcome. Finally, the case study of Ukraine allows reaching some generalizations with regard Important update! Cybersecurity, as a relatively young yet crucial area of national security develops at a rapid pace. On October 5th 2017, ten days after this article was approved for publication, the Ukrainian Parliament, after much deliberation and several redraftings over the last years, finally approved the Draft Law on the Foundations of the Provision of Cybersecurity of Ukraine (19.06.2015 №2126а). As is noted in the article, this is an immense milestone of Ukrainian regulation of cybersecurity. In terms of the challenges that are overviewed in the article, the draft's adoption, to an extent, solves some problems regarding doctrinal inconsistencies. Furthermore, it shifts the legal framework of the provision of this area of national security from regulatory to legislative. That said, the policy directions and the actors involved in cybersecurity, the distribution of roles between them, as well as various other aspects of regulation remain essentially the same. Therefore, it is still safe to use the article as a reference for understanding the system of cybersecurity of Ukraine. Apart from that, as noted in particular in Part 7 of the article, a number of challenges and policy directions are not and can be not solved by a single law and require their respective specialized measures, leaving them relevant and quite pressing.
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