20th Cluster Session: “Cybersecurity in Leading Industries of the Region”

Nataliya also holds the position of the Secretary of Ukraine's National Coordination Center for Cyber Security. Ms. Tkachuk has 20 years of practical experience in the sector of national security and defense of Ukraine. She is responsible for coordinating and controlling the activities of main state actors in the sphere of information and cyber security. Nataliya has Ph.D. in law in the field of national security.

Mr. Serhii Prokopenko is the Head of the NCCC Support Department and Deputy Head of Information Security and Cybersecurity Directorate at the NSDC of Ukraine. He has 20 years of experience in cybersecurity. Now he is responsible for the coordination of all the stakeholders, developing the NCCC’s analytical and technological platform, improvement of Cyber Threats Intelligence (CTI) exchange and sharing mechanisms, organization of training programs for specialists from the public sector and critical infrastructures, building Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), international cooperation, control of the Cybersecurity Strategy implementation plan.

For more than 25 years, Ms. McDonough has specialized in the intersection of science and technology to support global aid and development programming. She currently serves as the Practice Area Director for Technology & Innovation within the Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI), the nonprofit arm of Purdue University (Indiana, USA) designed to bring the institution’s research, learning, and innovation capabilities into international development and global security. In this capacity, she works in close collaboration with Purdue’s Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERAIS).

Since 2018, Purdue and CERIAS have worked in partnership with CRDF Global and with the Government of Ukraine on faculty and curriculum development in support of Ukrainian cybersecurity workforce development initiatives.

Maggie holds a BA in History from the University of Michigan and an MA in International Affairs from George Washington University.

Mykhailo brings over 15 years of experience working in governmental and non-profit organizations. Throughout the timeline of his career, Mykhailo held leadership positions in the State Employment Service (SES) of the Ministry of Social Policy in Kyiv and HelpAge International. In his current role, he provides management and oversight of CRDF Global’s Eurasia Hub, ensuring the application of best practices in program standards, and building relations with government agencies, embassies, and other partners.