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The State Intelligence Service with the support of the USAID Project Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure of Ukraine conducted the first command and staff exercises on the stability of critical infrastructure Critical Infrastructure Resilience Exercises hereinafter - CIREX developed on the basis of methodological recommendations of the US Agency for Cyber Security and Infrastructure Protection CISA .The main goal of CIREX was to work out the issues of countering cyber threats and coordinating efforts to repel cyber attacks. The training was attended by representatives of the energy sector who during the day worked out mechanisms for responding to cyberattacks of the Ransomware type ransomware programs in accordance with the current taxonomy of cyber incidents.These are the first command-and-staff trainings that we conduct within the framework of cooperation with CISA and taking into account the new decisions of the Government which approved a unified system of measures for responding to cyber incidents and their levels of criticality developed by specialists of the State Intelligence Service. Further in the plans is to work out the entire range of challenges faced by operators of critical infrastructure facilities during such exercises. Our task is to strengthen capabilities in building an effective national system for the protection of critical infrastructure. This is especially important now when Russia is purposefully attacking Ukrainian objects on which the normal life of millions of Ukrainians depends stressed Oleksandr Potii deputy head of the State Intelligence Service.In a video message to the participants of the event CISA Executive Director Brandon Wales expressed his pride in the opportunity to be side by side with Ukraine and support the conduct of such command and staff exercises.We will continue to support Ukraine in strengthening its critical infrastructure and protecting it from Russian cyber aggression. I believe that in the context of our joint efforts to contain the cyber war that now threatens the entire democratic world the task of these command and staff exercises is extremely important for our collective defense. We must be able to effectively counter threats created by ransomware because the aggressor continues to use this tactic to damage Ukraines energy sector Mr. Wales noted.Farid Safarov Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine for Digital Development Digital Transformation and Digitalization emphasized that he is proud of the team engaged in cyber protection in the energy industry. He added that one in the field is not a warrior in the fight against hackers.One cyber center one cyber command will never be able to resist especially in one of the most vulnerable spheres energy. Therefore I am grateful to my colleagues from the State Intelligence Service and the SBU for constantly cooperating with us in the direction of those measures that make it possible to get ahead of the enemy and block or quickly react to detected incidents noted the Deputy Minister of Energy.Representatives of NEC Ukrenergo DTEK Group KP Kyivteploenergo JSC Naftogaz of Ukraine SE NAEC Energoatom as well as the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and functional bodies for the protection of critical infrastructure in particular the Security Service of Ukraine the National Police took part in the training. of Ukraine and the NSDC Apparatus of Ukraine.The USAID project Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure of Ukraine is a five-year program funded by the United States Agency for International Development. The goal of the Project is to strengthen the resilience of Ukraines critical infrastructure to cyberattacks by developing a reliable partnership between the main participants in the process of increasing the level of cyber security in the public and private sectors as well as representatives of the educational sector and civil society. To achieve this goal the Project implements activities in three main directions1 strengthening the institutional development of cyber security of Ukraine2 strengthening personnel potential in the field of cyber security and3 creating a sustainable cyber security industry.
