A/68/156 (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 12 13-39735

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