Parliament passes law on cyber defense and critical infrastructure protection
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed a bill that strengthens the protection of information and cyber defense of critical state information resources and infrastructure.
This was announced by a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Oleksandr Fediienko in a telegram, Censor.NET reports.
"A historic event took place today. The Parliament passed in the second reading the bill No. 11290," the People`s Deputy noted.
The bill was supported by 240 People`s Deputies.
As noted, the document provides for the expansion of the powers of specialized structures, the involvement of specialists from the private sector and the introduction of a cyberattack response system in accordance with European cybersecurity standards.
In particular, the law establishes the need to create a professional network of cybersecurity specialists in government agencies that process important data of Ukrainian citizens.
Under the new legislation, a national system will be established to respond to cybersecurity incidents, cyberattacks and cyber threats involving information and communication systems with limited access or critical infrastructure.
The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection will ensure the functioning of this system, which will include CERT-UA and regional response teams.
The law also standardizes methods of cryptographic protection of information and introduces a system for assessing the state of cyber defense.
