USAID to provide $60 million to strengthen Ukraine's cybersecurity
This will help the government protect critical infrastructure from Russian cyberattacks
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will allocate $60 million to strengthen Ukraine's cybersecurity.
Source. This was reported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation following a meeting between the head of the department, Mykhailo Fedorov, and USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman, the press service of the Ministry of Digital Transformation reports.
Details. According to the ministry, the funds will help protect critical infrastructure facilities such as energy and telecommunications and data storage systems from Russian cyberattacks.
"Thanks to the Agency's support, we have launched the Diia app and portal, as well as dozens of the most popular services that Ukrainians can get in a few clicks. The team of the Ministry of Digital Transformation is actively cooperating with USAID in the field of digital transformation and cybersecurity," Fedorov said.
During the World Economic Forum in Davos, USAID announced that it plans to allocate about $650,000 to develop an approach to spreading Ukraine's digital experience and the Diia mobile application to other countries.
"Diia is a Ukrainian electronic public service service that was launched in 2020. According to the Ministry of Digital Transformation, 80% of the services in the service were launched with USAID support.
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