The year 2022 became a time of testing for the national cybersecurity system of Ukraine. New challenges were successfully converted into effective solutions and helped ensure the cyberresilience of the state in wartime conditions. 2023 is the time to transform this valuable experience into new opportunities for further successful countermeasures against new cyber threats.
Participants had the great opportunity to share their plans, outline needs and exchange best practices.
Serhii Prokopenko, Head of the Support Department of the National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity (NCSCC) shared the plans of the NCSCC for 2023.
Georgii Dubynskyi, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, shared the vision of Ukraine’s digital sustainability, which will be included in the Digital Compass of Ukraine 2028, the state digital development strategy, which is currently being developed by the Ministry of Digital Affairs.
Other speakers mentioned digital sustainability as well, emphasizing the role of cyber security for it.
Andrii Paziuk, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, provided a scientific rationale for the concept of digital sustainability, and talked about its alignment with the European Digital Compass 2030.
Igor Linkov, Senior Science and Technology Manager at the US Army ERDC, and Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, introduced the stress testing methodology to measure digital resilience.
Volodymyr Mokhor, CEO, G.E. Pukhov Institute for Modelling in Energy Engineering, outlined an approach to building resilience in the energy sector.
Greg Rattray, Executive Director, Cyber Defense Assistance Collaborative (CDAC) – an initiative of American private IT and cyber companies commited to support Ukrainian government structures and critical infrastructure in their cyberdefence, spoke about the types of assistance provided by the initiative, in particular for the energy sector.
In addition, participants learned about projects and opportunities, as well as current research in the field.
David Robinson, Co-Founder, Internet 2.0, showed the results of a study of the privacy and security of popular phone applications, messengers and social networks, as well as the Diya application, based on the assessment of their permission requests, the presence of corrector warnings and trackers.
Ed Plunkett, Partner Defence and Security, WithYouWithMe, announced the launch of a cybersecurity retraining program for veterans, which is being implemented in Ukraine with the support of the Australian government.
In general, the meeting brought together 336 participants from 188 organizations. In addition, next meeting to be held in Warsaw was announced. This is the first international meeting of the Cluster, which indicates that the Cluster is successfully expanding the boundaries of its influence to attract more leaders and stakeholders around the world to reinforce Ukraine’s cyberresilience.