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…

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…

NGO “Ukrainian Academy of Cyber Security” successfully organized training for representatives of cyberpolice

The Ukrainian Academy of Cyber Security, together with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), conducted a training for representatives of the Department of Cyber Police of the National Police of Ukraine. On April 13, 2018, a training session was organized and conducted at the Department of Cyber Police of the National Police of Ukraine with the participation of the Department’s specialists and the representative of the ICANN’s specialized unit, Carlos Alvarez, who is directly involved in the investigation of computer incidents in the DNS area. This training is a continuation of Carlos Alvarez’s lecture which held in…

The first situational center for providing cybersecurity of the SSU was launched in Kiev

The Security Service of Ukraine opened the first situational center for cyber security. “This is the first situational center, we have already launched it into work, and the second situational center, I hope, will soon be launched by the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine … In the long term … such situational centers will be opened in other agencies such as Ministry of Internal Affairs and State Emergency Service of Ukraine that will interact with our situational center and the situation center of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine”, – said Vasyl…