The intensification of global transformational phenomena, military conflicts, intensification of international economic competition, interstate trade conflicts, disappointing economic consequences of the pandemic (COVID-19), etc. necessitate constant review and adjustment of state mechanisms for regulating cybersecurity.

For Ukraine, the issue of ensuring security in cyberspace and minimizing potential and real cyber threats and cyber risks has been acute since 2014, when Russia invaded Ukraine and illegally annexed part of its sovereign territory, and intensified in 2022, with the outbreak of full-scale military aggression.

The purpose of the study is to analyse current trends in the EU and NATO security policy on cybersecurity, based on which it is necessary to identify the main directions of adaptation of the state policy in the field of cybersecurity to EU standards, as well as the directions of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU and NATO based on the fundamental principles of NATO and its mission. In addition, it is important to identify key new technologies needed to ensure national security and protect Ukraine’s cyberspace.

Based on the analysis of current trends in the EU and NATO security policy, the main directions of adaptation of the state policy to the EU standards in the field of cybersecurity were identified. The constant development of technology and the creation of new digital systems, combined with the enemy’s motivation to seize national cyberspace, threaten the continuity of key government institutions and their ability to protect their data. That is why an important aspect in times of war is the harmonization of national legislation with EU requirements in terms of introducing internal cyber risk management; establishing special cyber defence requirements for critical infrastructure organizations and other important state institutions and identifying appropriate control measures for such risks.

The author also examines the key new technologies necessary to ensure national security and protection of Ukraine’s cyberspace, in particular, it is established that such technologies include artificial intelligence, which can be used to create intelligence and control systems that will enable the identification of threats to national security and take measures to prevent them, to automate and optimize military operations, to be used in military logistics, military medicine, aerial reconnaissance, UAVs, etc.

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