The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) has been recognized for its work in establishing a system of professional standardization and personnel certification in cybersecurity and information protection at the V International Forum "Human Capital: Value. Quality. Development."

Enhancement of professional training and occupational certification systems for information security and cyber defense is an ongoing task to strengthen Ukraine’s cyber resilience, said Oleksandr Potii, SSSCIP Deputy Chairman, in his speech at the Kyiv International Cybersecurity Forum.

Traditionally, in October, various events take place in the U.S., EU countries and many other countries to draw the public attention to the cyber defense matters. Those include awareness campaigns to promote the cyber hygiene rules and other arrangements. Our country has been supporting this initiative for several years already.

The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine and the National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on May 5, 2023.

The National Qualifications Agency informed the State Special Communications Administration about the entry into the Register of Qualifications of information regarding the professional standards "Developer of information protection systems", "Network and systems administrator", "Specialist in the field of information protection", "Security analyst of information and telecommunication systems", "Specialist on security issues (information and communication technologies)", "Instructor-methodologist in information security and cyber security".