For the first time in many years, changes were made to the state classifier of professions and new professions in the field of cyber security and information security were added. In total, there are now 27 of them in the classifier. Also this year, six new professional standards in the field of information security and cyber security were developed and approved in November at the initiative of the State Intelligence Service. In 2023, the State Special Communications Service plans to develop professional standards for 14 other new professions included in the classifier.
The first six professional standards were developed with the support of the USAID Project “Cybersecurity of Critically Important Infrastructure of Ukraine”, with the active participation of the vice-president of the Ukrainian Academy of Cybersecurity Andrii Pazyuk, and entered by the National Agency of Qualifications into the Register of Qualifications of Information on Professional Standards:
- “Developer of information protection systems”,
- “Administrator of networks and systems”,
- “Specialist in the field of information protection”,
- “Security analyst of information and telecommunication systems”,
- “Security specialist (information and communication technologies)”,
- “Instructor-methodologist in information security and cyber security.”
The inclusion of these professional standards in the Register of Qualifications means the continuation of the procedures for reforming education in the field of cyber security and information protection in order to bring the level of knowledge, abilities and skills of specialists closer to the current needs of the industry. Currently, work is ongoing on the development of a number of professional standards, and from next year, independent qualification centers should appear in Ukraine, where specialists who have received their education in formal education institutions or independently will be able to confirm the suitability of their knowledge, skills and competences for the positions for which they are claim