State Special Communications Service of Ukraine

State Special Communications Service of Ukraine
	Державна служба спеціального зв'язку та захисту інформації України; (Derzhspetszviazok) / (Держспецзв'язку); State Special Communications Service of Ukraine
Agency overview
Formed	1991 (as Department of Special Telecommunication Systems and Information Protection of SBU)
Preceding agency	KGB;
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Headquarters	Kiev
Agency executive	Gennady Reznikov, Director of the Stete Special Service;
Parent agency	President of Ukraine

The Derzhspetszviazok or officially The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна служба спеціального зв'язку та захисту інформації України; Derzhspetszviazok) is technical security and intelligence service of Ukraine, under the control of the President of Ukraine. The service was established in 2006, based on the dissolved Department of Special Telecommunication Systems and Information Protection (DSTSZI) of the Security Service of Ukraine.

The Administration has the status of the central executive body with special status.

Tasks and missions

conduct policy in the protection of state information resources in data networks,
provision of government communications, the national system of confidential communications, cryptographic and technical protection of state information.