Law Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

Large-scale cyberattaсks against Ukraine in recent years demonstrating the unpreparedness of the State apparatus, local governments, law enforcement, media, the private sector to counter this focused and minimize their negative consequences. In order to enhance the effectiveness of the national protection of cyberspace is important to local governments, and other entities with state-government powers applied legislation in the field of cyber security in compliance with certain clear principles. To them, the law of Ukraine about basic principles of ensuring cybersecurity Ukraine 2017 year includes the need for minimum required regulation, according to which decisions (measures) of the subjects of powers must be necessary and minimally sufficient for achievement of the goals and tasks of ensuring cybersecurity Ukraine. Among other principles – fairness and legal certainty, transparency, ensuring the protection of the rights of users of communication systems and/or users of services of electronic communications and/or services on information security, cyber defence, including rights non-interference in private life and protection of personal data. Although the acts of application of local self-government bodies in the field of ensure cybersecurity mainly have the personified, is not designed for repeated use, and a general constitutional principle of these acts in time. They must be notified to the subjects to which they apply before they enter into force (their application). The principles of application of legislation in the field of cybersecurity and subjects of power solutions in this field, without the benefits of any of them in order to secure the functioning of cyberspace and its use in the interests of the person society and the State.