EU and Ukraine deepen cooperation on cyber security 

The European Union and Ukraine held their 4th Cyber Dialogue in Kyiv, Ukraine on 16 October. Both sides agreed to continue to deepen their strong cooperation on cyber security  and cyber diplomacy in the context of Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine and Ukraine’s candidate status to the EU.

The EU and Ukraine exchanged views on the current cyber threat landscape, and discussed ways to closer align their cybersecurity policies, including by discussing the Digital Chapter of the Ukraine Plan, the protection of critical infrastructure and implementation of the EU’s Network and Information Security (NIS2) Directive, the alignment with EU policies, including the full implementation of the 5G Cybersecurity toolbox, and the EU’s policy on Cyber Defence.

The dialogue also focused on operational issues, in particular on the respective best practices and lessons learnt on deterrence and response to cyber incidents and cyber-attacks. On this topic, the EU and Ukraine discussed respective response mechanisms, including their sanctions regimes and their cooperation on cybercrime investigations, the status of Ukraine’s access to the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, and cooperation on cyber capacity building, notably via the Tallinn Mechanism.

The dialogue was co-chaired by Maciej Stadejek, Director for Security and Defence Policy at the European External Action Service (EEAS), Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, Director for Cybersecurity and Trust at the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect) of the European Commission, and Anton Demonkhin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Chief Digital Transformation Officer. 

It included the participation of various services of the European Commission, its Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), Europol, the European Security and Defence College and the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM).

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