A/68/156 2. National efforts to strengthen information security and support for international cooperation on information security The main State bodies in Ukraine responsible for information security and its components are the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service and the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection. These agencies are actively engaged in regulating the various areas of information security. There is a particular focus on the regulatory and legal framework of the cybernetics component (cybersecurity). The following legislative provisions on social relations in matters relating to information security are currently in force in Ukraine. Under article 17 of the Constitution of Ukraine, information security is a crucial State function, along with protecting sovereignty and territorial integrity and maintaining economic security. In accordance with article 3 of the Information Act of Ukraine, ensuring the information security of Ukraine is one of the main areas of State information policy. Within the security system of Ukraine as a whole, information security holds a special position, as information relations and processes are component parts of all processes within society and the State. In this context, information security is defined as the status of the information space (environment), which consists of information technologies; information resources and the information relations among the relevant actors, that guarantees the evolution and use of the information space for the benefit of the individual, society and the State. National security priorities, which are tied to social development interests, determine the main objectives of information security. These objectives are as follows: • Ensuring Ukraine’s national information sovereignty as information flows become increasingly globalized and other countries compete for ascendancy in the field of information • Creating an information environment that supports the cultural, moral and intellectual development of the individual and society as a whole • Maintaining the informational resources of Ukraine at levels sufficient to guarantee the sustainable functioning and development of the individual, society and the State • Protecting the information of natural and legal persons and the State from external and domestic information threats, which includes responding to computer crimes • Ensuring the validity and enforcement of the rights of information stakeholders in Ukraine to create and use national information resources, information technologies and information infrastructure. To strengthen information security, a regulatory and legal framework and professional training system are being implemented, and there is coordination of the activities of State agencies responsible for information security. This coordination includes cooperation with the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine 13-39735 11