IMPROVING UKRAINE'S ADMINISTRATIVE-LEGAL SUPPORT FOR CYBER SECURITY: EU AND NATO EXPERIENCE IN COUNTERING HYBRID CYBER THREATS

Abstract

The article focuses on the activities of NATO and the European Union, that consider combating hybrid threats a priority for international cooperation. A number of EU documents have been analyzed, which form a clear idea of cyber threats’ hybridity and main directions of administrative, legal and organizational support of cybersecurity, in particular, on combating hybrid cyber threats in the European Union. Based on the analysis, that at the present stage of development of society the bases were formed on the establishment of a sustainable perception of the risk problem as one of the forming factors of the modern and especially the future society, which is also becoming increasingly socially important. The aim of the article: to identify areas for improving the administrative and legal support of cybersecurity in Ukraine by borrowing the experience of the EU and NATO to combat hybrid cyber threats. The research methodology: the system of general scientific and special methods of cognition, namely the formal-legal method, comparative legal method and method of scientific abstraction. It is emphasized that the domestic regulatory framework has significant shortcomings and requires the introduction of appropriate rules for the introduction of risk-based approach in cybersecurity activities in Ukraine, as well as the definition of basic terms («risk-based approach to cybersecurity», «risk-oriented approach to critical infrastructure protection», «risks», «risk management»). The essence and meaning of the term «sustainability», which has gained practical application in strategic documents in the field of security and in essence is the latest concept of modern theory of national security, which has practical significance for state policy in security environment and is important for security practice in cyberspace, because it is the presence of hybrid threats in cyberspace that cannot be prevented, necessitates the formation of a new approach, in particular, the formation of «sustainability», which in turn should be implemented in public cyberspace policy.