Cyber security as the basis for the national security of Ukraine

La ciberseguridad como base para la seguridad nacional de Ucrania

• Oleh Tarasenko National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3179-0143
• Dmytro Mirkovets Private Higher Education Institution «University of Modern Knowledge», Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2539-2824
• Artem Shevchyshen National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1342-6639
• Oleksandr Nahorniuk-Danyliuk National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1511-7140
• Yurii Yermakov Educational and Research Institute of Public Law. Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9400-0604

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.33

Keywords: cybersecurity, information and communication technologies, national security, security strategy, cyberterrorism

Abstract

The goal of the article is to identify cybersecurity issues as a component of national security and suggest ways to solve them. The topic of the research is the cyber security of Ukraine. In the course of the research, the following methods were used: dialectical method, formal and legal method, comparative-legal method and scientific abstraction method. As a result, the legal acts governing cybersecurity in Ukraine are analyzed, the cyber security actors are determined and their functions are defined. Practical implementation. There is a need to establish and implement an annual plan for the implementation of the Cyber Security Strategy, which should detail the actions to ensure cyber security, identify specific measures, deadlines and responsible actors. It is concluded that, ways to improve the cybersecurity system (as part of national security), which will update the legal mechanisms of cybersecurity, create cybersecurity infrastructure at the global level, establish effective interaction between cybersecurity actors regardless of their departmental affiliation and / or form of ownership, including with the owners of critical infrastructure and non-state owned information), are in their primary phase.

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