The register of qualifications has been supplemented with new professional standards in the field of cyber security

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…

Creating a National Cyber Security Qualification Framework

Roundtable “Creating a National Cyber Security Qualification Framework” On November 29, 2022, the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, with the support of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Critically Important Infrastructure of Ukraine” with the participation of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, held an important event for the Ukrainian cyber security community – Round Table “Creating a National Cyber Security Qualification Framework”. The round table was attended both in person and online by representatives of Ukrainian cyber security subjects, as well as state organizations and law…

The Vice-President of the Academy has invited counterparts from the Octopus community

The Vice-President of the Academy has invited counterparts from the Octopus community to develop and implement the pilot project devoted to Cyber Info-Sharing & Joint Intelligence in Ukraine Andrii Paziuk represented the Academy at the Octopus Conference on Cybercrime, a special event on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Budapest Convention on cybercrime held from 16 to 18 of November 2021. About 1200 cybercrime experts from some 120 countries – including from the public sector but also international and private sector organizations, civil society organizations, and academia – participated in the conference. During the lightning talk session, Dr. Paziuk…

Global Encryption Day

This year, the Global Encryption Coalition is organizing its “Make the Switch” campaign, which culminates in the first annual Global Encryption Day on October 21st. The campaign and Global Encryption Day aim to improve public awareness of end-to-end encryption, inspire users to make the switch to end-to-end encrypted services, and to send a message to governments to abandon plans that will weaken encryption.

Conference and training for administrators of vocational schools and colleges

Within the framework of this year’s cyber security month, the Ukrainian Academy of Cyber ​​Security together with the Center for the Best Internet and the Institute for the Modernization of the Content of Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine holds a conference and training for administrators of vocational schools and colleges of Ukraine on the implementation of cybersecurity programs in the educational process. The participants will be presented with the experience of the United States in implementing educational projects within the framework of the National Cybersecurity Initiative (NICE), national standards for cyber defense of critical infrastructure,…

UKRAINIAN MONTH OF CYBERSECURITY OFFICIALLY OPEN FROM THE CONFERENCE CYBERSECURITY LEGAL CONFERENCE

Borrowings from the WORLD and European experience of the Month of Cyber ​​Security in Ukraine are the initiative of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Anti-Crisis Center for Cyber ​​Protection of Business at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine. “Today, the world lives in conditions of permanent cyber threats. Therefore, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry focuses on regional IT security training. I’m sure this will help our society raise the attention to the cybernetic threat and the ways of overcoming them. For this, great thanks to the Chairman of the Committee Volodymyr Kolyadenko, as…

CONFERENCE AND COURSES OF CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTION POTENTIAL

With the support of the Embassy of the United States of America, a project is being implemented in Ukraine to use best practices in the training of junior cyber security specialists for Ukraine. The founders of the project are NGO “Ukrainian Academy of Cyber ​​Security”, DNU “Institute for the Modernization of the Content of Education” with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and NGO “Better Internet Centre” The target audience of this year’s event – colleges and vocational schools from all regions of Ukraine, specializing in information (cyber) security and information assurance. Presentation events will be held on October…

CONFERENCE AND COURSES OF CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTION POTENTIAL

With the support of the Embassy of the United States of America, a project is being implemented in Ukraine to use best practices in the training of junior cyber security specialists for Ukraine. The founders of the project are NGO “Ukrainian Academy of Cyber ​​Security”, DNU “Institute for the Modernization of the Content of Education” with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and NGO “Better Internet Centre” The target audience of this year’s event – colleges and vocational schools from all regions of Ukraine, specializing in information (cyber) security and information assurance. Presentation events will be held…

A cartoon intro to DNS over HTTPS

DNS queries can leak a lot of personal information related to your Internet browsing. Encrypting your DNS traffic via HTTPS (called ‘DoH’ – ‘DNS over HTTPS’) is one mitigation, and Mozilla said this week that it is adding DoH support into its browser. Over on the Mozilla Hacks blog, Lin Clark has put together some cartoon explainers going over what HTTPS and DNS are, what DoH is and how it works, and why it will help secure your browsing. If you’re looking for a technical explainer that is still accessible for a less tech-savvy reader, check it out. Source: moz://a…

Vice President of the Ukrainian Academy of Cyber Security has taken part in ABA Section of International Law in New York

Today the Vice President of the Ukrainian Academy of Cyber Security, Andrii Paziuk has taken part in American Bar Association Section of International Law which was held in Grand Hyatt, New York. Panelists and other conferees discussed the following issues – Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy and Personal Data. The video of this section is available by the link.