A/68/156 17 November 2010 of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine on challenges and threats to the national security of Ukraine in 2011. The following national policy areas may receive greater attention under existing regulatory and legal acts: (1) Presidential Decree No. 1119 of 10 December 2012 on the decision of the National Security and Defence Council of 17 November 2010 on challenges and threats to the national security of Ukraine in 2011 (paragraph 4); Presidential Decree No. 388 of 8 June 2012 on the decision of the National Security and Defence Council of 25 May 2012 on activities to strengthen counter-terrorism in Ukraine (paragraph 1); Presidential Decree No. 389 of 8 June 2012 on the decision of the National Security and Defence Council of 8 June 2012 on the updated National Security Strategy Council (subparagraphs 3.1.1, 3.3 and 4.3); and Presidential Decree No. 390 of 8 June 2012 on the decision of the National Security and Defence Council of 8 June 2012 on the updated Military Doctrine of Ukraine (subparagraphs 7 and 19), contain the following objectives: • Setting up a national cybersecurity system • Setting up a unified nationwide system to combat cybercrime • Drafting and approving a register of critical national security and defence sites that are cyberattack protection priorities • Drafting and submitting to the Parliament a draft law on national cybersecurity • Defining cybersecurity as one of the central threats to international stability and Ukrainian national security • Approving, as a strategic goal and primary national security policy objective, the preparation of national standards and technical regulations for information and communications technologies use and their harmonization with the relevant standards of European Union member States • Defining the term “cyberterrorism” • Establishing an effective mechanism in Ukraine for responding to the newest national security threats (phenomena and trends that could, under certain conditions, threaten national interests) related to information technology use in a globalizing world, especially “cyberthreats” • Analyzing cyberattacks that target nuclear and chemical industry facilities, military-industrial facilities and other potentially hazardous sites in a show of military force against Ukraine that could lead to military conflict; (2) Regulatory and legal acts of the Cabinet of Ministers: Order No. 720-r of 22 August 2012 approving the Annual National Programme of Ukraine-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Cooperation for 2012 as well as Instruction No. 24066/1/1-12 of 15 June 2012 under the aforementioned Decision of the National Security and Defence Council, implemented under Presidential Decree No, 388 of 8 June 2012, which also provides for the elaboration of a legislative act on cybersecurity; (3) The Parliament of Ukraine is considering draft laws to amend some acts on national cybersecurity. These draft laws provide, inter alia, for the use in national legislation of such concepts as “State cybersecurity”, “critical infrastructure sites”, 13-39735 13

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