This update concerns cybersecurity incident response protocols and national infrastructure protection, which falls entirely outside the Financial Services Products & Services taxonomy scope.
This is a cybersecurity governance document with no connection to financial services products, lending, investments, digital assets, or any regulated financial activity.
Specialism
While the update concerns cyber incident response, it is a national-level Ukrainian government cybersecurity framework for critical infrastructure prioritization with no specific application to payment firms or payment systems.
The guidelines are general national cyber incident response procedures rather than payment-specific operational resilience or regulatory requirements for payment service providers.
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The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) has presented a new set of guidelines titled "Cyber Incident Proce
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TITLE: Ukraine's State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection Launches Cyber Incident Prioritisation Guidelines
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On February 18, 2026, the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) launched new guidelines titled "Cyber Incident Processing: Prioritisation Based on Defined Criticality Levels." The guidelines are designed to optimise the operations of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) and mitigate the potential impact of cyberattacks on national security and the economy.
Developed in accordance with the Implementation Plan for the Cybersecurity Strategy of Ukraine and the National Cyber Incident Response Plan, the guidelines establish a prioritisation framework for cyber incidents based on a criticality scale ranging from 0 (non-critical) to 5 (emergency). The assessment methodology employs the international Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) 3.1 metric to provide objective evaluation of vulnerability complexity and danger. Priority is assigned based on the incident's potential impact at state level and the affected sector, with highest priority given to threats compromising national security, economic stability, or government operations. The security and cyber defence sectors, government authorities, and the energy industry are designated as top priorities in the response queue.
The SSSCIP developed the guidelines by integrating recommendations from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), alongside international and national ISO/IEC and DSTU standards governing information security incident management. The framework introduces two data structures: a general list for comprehensive data storage and a prioritised processing queue sorted by descending criticality.
The guidelines serve as a recommendatory framework intended for use by all cybersecurity stakeholders across Ukraine to enable synchronised threat assessment and enhance coordination between response teams during large-scale cyberattacks.