The Institute of Information and Communication Technologies and Cyber Defense

The institute is headed by
Doctor of historical sciences, professor, Honored inventor of UkraineColonel
Vadym Mashtalir

Deputy head of the institute
Doctor of technical sciences, professorпColonel
Serhii Mykus

The Institute of Information and Communication Technologies and Cyber Defense is a structural subdivision of the National Defense University of Ukraine and is designed to train specialists at the strategic and operational levels.

The institute organizes educational activities in the field of knowledge 25 Military sciences, national security, security of the state border in the specialty 254 "Provision of troops (forces)" and in the field of knowledge 12 Information technologies in the specialties 122 "Computer science" and 126 "Information systems and technologies".

The Institute was established in 2023 as a modern division of the National Defense University of Ukraine and has a wide range of activities such as: development and implementation of information analysis and processing technologies to support decision-making in the field of defense and security; creation of predictive risk models; application of artificial intelligence, automated data processing, cloud technologies; development and implementation of advanced communication tools; modeling and forecasting in operations and combat operations; development of methods of applying modern approaches to the cyber protection of information from external attacks in cyberspace, participation in the functioning of the national cyber security program of Ukraine, as well as the cyber defense system and the protection of information with limited access in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the state defense forces.

The professional training of officers for the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine - the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is carried out by a team of experienced and highly qualified specialists, doctors of philosophy and doctors of technical sciences.

Structurally, the institute consists of six departments:

• Department of communication technologies and cyber protection;
• Department of information and analytical technologies;
• Department of cyber warfare;
• Department of electromagnetic warfare;
• Department of security of information resources.

A scientific and research department has been established in the institute to carry out scientific research.

The Institute performs the following tasks:

• provides conditions for obtaining higher education at the second (master’s), third (educational and scientific) and scientific levels by military specialists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, other military formations created in accordance with the laws of Ukraine, and civil servants of the structural divisions of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces Forces of Ukraine, other executive authorities;
• implements into the educational process the results of scientific research on the issues of information and analytical support, communication technologies, information security, cyber and electromagnetic warfare, covert military management by its components (cryptographic protection of information, protection of state secrets, technical protection of information, countering technical intelligence);
• implements the standards and procedures of military decision-making (MDMP, OPP) of NATO into the educational process;
• educates the listeners in the qualities of a commander-leader based on the best traditions of the Ukrainian army, the Ukrainian Cossacks, officers of previous generations and the cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people;
• conducts educational, methodical, educational work, carries out scientific and scientific and technical activities;
• conducts scientific research on current problems related to the development of the main provisions of the theory of information and analytical support, communication technologies, information security, cyber and electromagnetic warfare;
• ensures improvement of qualifications and professional level of scientific and scientific-pedagogical workers.

Head of the educational department of the institutelieutenant colonel
Volodymyr Plahotny

Head of the courselieutenant colonel
Ihor Dobrzhanskyi