State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine is pleased to announce The XIX International Scientific and Research Conference INFORMATION SECURITY IN INFORMATION AND TELECOMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Approved by Presidential Decree of Ukraine No. 96/2016 dated 15 March 2016

World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on 17 May , marking the founding of ITU and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865. This year, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day will focus on the theme: “ICT entrepreneurship for social impact”.

On the 6th of April 2016 at the regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine amended the Plan radio frequency resource usage, in accordance with the changes, the period of use of frequencies for analogue television has been extended until 30 June 2017.

On 15 May, 2015 the Ukrainian ICT sector celebrated the 150th ITU anniversary under auspices of the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine. Heads of all the Government authorities working in the information and communication area, the representatives of Ukraine in the ITU, directors of the core civil society organizations and other telecommunication enterprises took part in the celebration.

Publication of Financial Times about the state of infection of the governmental organizations with the Turla/Snake Spyware was based on Symantec Corporation’s report dated by August 7. In both articles was mentioned that in 2012 60 computers in the “office of the prime minister of a former Soviet Union member country" were infected with a Snake. According to this many of national media that interpreted FT article, stated about current infection with a virus of computers of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. But such interpretations, at least, have all signs of reluctance to check information.

Rector of National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" Mykhailo Zhurovsky in consultation with the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine and State Service of Special Communication Chairman approved the application to admission to NTUU "KPI" in 2014 for Institute of special Communication and Information Protection of NTUU "KPI"

In State Service of Special Communication Administration a regular meeting of the Technical Commission of State Service of Special Communication Administration e on conformity assessment (certification) hardware designed for use in telecommunications network (hereinafter - TCN ) 12/13-1 took place.