The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on critical infrastructure protection.
The document, signed by Oleksandr Potiy, Head of the State Service for Special Communications, and Nicușor-Adrian Tudose, Head of the National Center for Critical Infrastructure Protection Coordination of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, outlines the following prospective areas of cooperation:
- Exchange of experience on planning measures for critical infrastructure (CI) protection;
- Scientific and methodological cooperation in planning protection measures and enhancing CI resilience;
- Joint seminars, trainings, and workshops to share best practices in CI protection;
- Support in developing regulatory acts related to critical infrastructure protection to implement best global practices and the provisions of the CER Directive (on the resilience of critical infrastructure).
Oleksandr Potiy thanked the Romanian delegation for their visit and emphasized that the State Service is ready to share its experience in protecting critical infrastructure gained during the full-scale war, ongoing Russian attacks, and to implement new ideas and approaches to strengthen resilience.
He also expressed gratitude to Romania for comprehensive support and recalled that the State Service previously signed a Memorandum on cybersecurity cooperation with the Romanian National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC).
Nicușor-Adrian Tudose noted that Romania is among the first European countries to fully implement the CER Directive, and this experience will also be useful for Ukraine.
The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection expressed appreciation to the Embassy of Ukraine in Romania for facilitating the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on critical infrastructure.
