State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine

The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) was established to implement the Law of Ukraine “On the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine” adopted on February 23, 2006 on the basis of the dissolved Department of Special Telecommunication Systems and Information Protection of the Security Service of Ukraine. It is a specialized body of central executive power in the field of special communications and information protection, a subject of the defense and security sector, the main subject of the national cybersecurity system, which coordinates the activities of cybersecurity entities in the field of cybersecurity, and communication administrator. The SSSCIP performs 93 tasks and functions and formulates state policy in 16 spheres (according to the Law of Ukraine “On the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine”). The staff of the SSSCIP and enterprises belonging to the Service management employs more than 10,000 specialists, 80% of whom are servicemen. From July 8, 2020, the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine is headed by Colonel Yuriy Fedorovych Shchyhol.