The High School of Public Governance announces enrollment in the program “Cybersecurity System of a State Institution from A to Z”. The professional development will be conducted for civil servants of category “A”, which will take place from 8 to 29 November 2024, by the High School of Public Governance in cooperation with the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine with the support of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service and the EU project “Support to Comprehensive Public Administration Reform in Ukraine” (EU4PAR).

The purpose of the program is to develop comprehensive knowledge and practical skills in the field of cybersecurity aimed at strengthening the protection of information systems and ensuring the resilience of public institutions to modern cyber threats.

The program consists of four modules, each of which covers key aspects of cybersecurity:

• Organization of cybersecurity of an institution: legislation in the field of information protection, responsibilities of CDTOs and information security officers, planning of cybersecurity measures.
• Cryptographic methods of data protection: encryption, asymmetric cryptography, digital signature and other modern methods of information protection.
• Integrated Information Protection System (IPS) and Technical Information Protection Complex (TIC): organizational, technical and software measures to protect confidential and state information.
• Use of open source software (OSS) and vulnerability lab: popular OSS solutions, research methods and practical skills in cybersecurity.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will acquire skills to increase the level of cyber defense by neutralizing cyber attacks of the aggressor state, its systems and networks, as well as sources of cyber threats and cyber attacks used to harm the national security of Ukraine and will receive a certificate of 1 ECTS credit.