U.S to provide Ukraine with over $5 mln for cyber security

The United States of America will provide Ukraine with over $5 million to strengthen its capability to prevent cyber threats.

This was said during the first bilateral dialogue on cyber security, which was held in Kyiv on Friday, BBC Ukraine reports with a reference to the press service of the U.S. Embassy.

"U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch said in a dialogue that the United States will allocate over $5 million as a part of a new cyber security assistance aimed at strengthening Ukraine's ability to prevent, reduce the influence and respond to cyber attacks," the report reads.

In addition, the dialogue participants discussed the protection of "critical infrastructure" and military systems, the strengthening of confidence in the field of cyber security in the OSCE.

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