The SSU’s cyber units work 24/7 to protect national information security. Their priorities are:

• Counteracting to foreign intelligence services in the cyber domain;
• Combating cyber terrorism and cyber espionage;
• Conducting counterintelligence activities and operations;
• Preventing attempts to undermine the situation in Ukraine through information operations.

The focus is on identification and neutralization of targeted cyberattacks, the majority of which are carried out at the orders of foreign intelligence agencies. The attacks are often highly complex and target government communication systems and critical infrastructure management systems.

Since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, the SSU has detected and neutralized almost 10,000 cyberattacks and cyber incidents.