With the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, certified training courses were held in mid-September by Expertise France Groupe AFD under the training program "Expertise France: Advanced Incident Response, Network-Based Threat Hunting and Digital Forensics".

The event was held as part of the Tallinn Mechanism international initiative, which aims to implement a platform for coordinating international technical assistance in the field of cybersecurity in Ukraine. This platform helps strengthen the country's cyber resilience through assessments, training programs, equipment provision, and centralized interaction between donors and recipients of assistance.

Expertise France Groupe AFD trainers conducted training sessions aimed at implementing an intensive three-day program for experienced cybersecurity specialists. The course program was aimed at developing the skills of specialists in responding to complex cyber incidents, in-depth data analysis, and proactive threat detection in cyberspace.

Oleksandr Yudin, Scientific Secretary of State Scientific and Research Institute of Cybersecurity Technologies and Information Protection, took part in the training program. The purpose of participating in the training was to solve a series of tasks aimed at improving the efficiency of the Information technology and cyber security qualification center State Scientific and Research Institute of Cybersecurity Technologies and Information Protection.

The gained experience, as well as the methodological material of the courses (lectures, workshops, practical skills), will be further used in the preparation of training programs and a test database for computer-based assessment of knowledge, abilities, and skills in accordance with the professional standard "Cybersecurity Incident Response Specialist".