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(CERT-UA), and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), an
internationally accredited organization.
Under Ukrainian law, CERT-UA operates as part of the State Service for
Special Communications and Information Protection, coordinating the work of
enterprises, institutions and organizations, regardless of ownership structure, in
order to prevent, analyse and respond to the consequences of unauthorized actions
that target State information resources in information and telecommunications
systems.
Moreover, CERT-UA cooperates with the relevant foreign and international
bodies and organizations, and the Team’s obligations to its foreign counterparts (full
membership in FIRST and membership in the International Multilateral Partnership
Against Cyber Threats of the International Telecommunication Union) encourage
international information security cooperation.
Under the Act of Ukraine on amendments to the Act ratifying the Convention
on Cybercrime, the Ministry for Internal Affairs is the body authorized to establish
and oversee the 24-hour network of points of contact for emergency assistance with
computer systems and data crime investigation; prosecution of individuals accused
of such crimes; and electronic evidence-gathering.
The relevant unit, which manages the 24-hour cybercrime response network of
the Anti-Cybercrime Division, operates within the Ministry for Internal Affairs and
is responsible for implementing the relevant activities and operations, including the
following:
• Countering distributed denial-of-service attacks
• Combating criminal offences committed using payment cards or their account
data
• Combating unauthorized interference in the operations of “client-bank” remote
banking services
• Countering dissemination of illegal Internet content (in violation of copyright)
• Countering Internet
pornography
dissemination
of
pornography,
including
child
• Countering telecommunications offences
• Countering offences related to unauthorized access to satellite data
transmission networks
• Countering financial and other types of fraud perpetrated over the Internet
• Countering criminal and other e-commerce offences
• Managing the cybercrime response operations of the 24-hour network of points
of contact.
Efforts are currently being made to update national information security
legislation in order to develop a regulatory and legal framework that is harmonized
with international norms.
A draft law on cybersecurity is now being drafted in Ukraine, in accordance
with Presidential Decree No. 1119 of 10 December 2010 on the decision of
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