Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has signed the bill on the key principles of ensuring cyber security of Ukraine, passed b the Verkhovna Rada on October 5.
The document is intended to create the national cyber security system as a combination of political, social, economic and information relations along with organization, administrative, technical and technological measures applying the comprehensive approach in high cooperation of the public and private sectors and civil society, the presidential press service said in a report issued on November 7 evening.
The law defines the legal and organizational foundation for ensuring the protection of vital interests of citizens, society and the state, the national interests of Ukraine in cyber space, the powers and responsibilities of state agencies, enterprises, institutions, organizations, individuals and citizens, the basic principles of coordination of their activities, as well as basic terms in the field of cyber security.
“The document also defines the main focus of cyber defense, which together constitute the critical infrastructure of the country, the principles of ensuring cyber security and the national cyber security system. According to the law, the president of Ukraine coordinates activities in the field of cyber security through the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine,” the report reads.
According to the information posted on the Ukrainian president’s website, the adoption of this law allows for the introduction of an integrated approach under the aegis of the state and in close cooperation with the private sector and civil society and creates the conditions for ensuring cyber defense of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure facilities.
The law takes into account a number of proposals of experts from NATO and the European Union.
