The issue of the development of the system of training specialists in the field of information security and cyber protection of critical infrastructure objects is an urgent and important task that requires immediate practical organizational and legal actions of all branches of the executive power and the entire society as a whole. The mentioned issue is reflected in the projects of the State Special Forces of Ukraine, regarding the formation of the National Cyber Security Qualification Framework and the development of professional standards in accordance with international requirements and best global practices.

In the second half of 2023, the State Research Institute of Cyber Security and Information Protection Technologies underwent state certification of scientific institutions. According to the results of the assessment, the State Research Institute of Cyber Security Technologies confirmed the II classification group received in the previous certification. Based on the results of the decision of the expert commission of the State Research and Development Institute of Cyber Security Technologies, he was evaluated in the scientific field of "Military Sciences" and passed the state certification for a period of 3 years.The II classification group (group B) characterizes the State Research Institute of Cyber Security Technologies as a stable scientific institution that conducts scientific research and development in the areas of information security and cyber security at a high professional level, and is also of great importance for the economy and increasing the level of national security.This year, state certification of scientific institutions was conducted according to European rules: expert groups and an expert commission for state certification of scientific institutions in accordance with the methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of scientific, scientific, technical and innovative activities of scientific institutions.The table of results of the state certification of scientific institutions in the second half of 2023 is published on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine at the link.

February 24, 2022 State Scientific and Research Institute of Cybersecurity Technologies and Information Protection on the basis of the Department of Scientific and Technical Expertise is conducting a scientific and practical seminar on the topic: "Requirements for the organization of information security of cloud technologies and assessment of compliance with information security requirements".

The @Way State Scientific and Research Institute of Cybersecurity Technologies and Information Protection team (Roman Odarchenko, Serhiy Hnatyuk, Dmytro Bondarenko) from November 15 to 19, 2021, took part in the National Hackathon on Cyber ​​Defense, which was organized by the State Service of Special Liaison in the NATO TIDE Hackaton format communication and information protection. 16 teams took part in the competition in three areas:

The Institute team won the TIDE Hackathon 2021 competition. Thanks to this, team members Nazar Kalyan and Maksym Ryabenko were invited by the TIDE Hackathon coordinator to participate in the TIDE SPRINT #38 2021 conference.TIDE Sprint (Think-Tank for Information Decision and Execution Sprint) is one of the main activities of the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and NATO think tanks to promote innovation and rapid development of concepts and specifications in order to progress, improve and federate cooperation between NATO , Command and Control (C2) and IT partner countries. TIDE Sprint events are typically held twice a year, each spring in Europe and each fall in the United States. The TIDE Sprint brings together operators, managers, industry and academics to share and explore ideas to help the Alliance and partner countries adapt to technological change.