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Defensive Security & Blue Team The Record 1 month ago

Zelensky appoints former police chief to lead Ukraine’s cyber coordination center

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• Original Reporting: The Record
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Assessed Severity: CRITICAL
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Analyst Takeaway

"Ihor Klymenko appears at a meeting with manufacturers of electronic warfare systems in September 2026. Image: National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Zelensky appoints former police chief to lead Ukraine’s cyber coordination center Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed former law enforcement official Ihor Klymenko to lead the country’s national cybersecurity coordination..."

Recommended Defense & Mitigation

  • Emergency Patching: Prioritize vendor patches and CVE mitigation across internet-facing assets immediately.
  • Perimeter Audit: Inspect perimeter firewall logs and hunt for unauthorized RCE indicators.
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Ihor Klymenko
Ihor Klymenko appears at a meeting with manufacturers of electronic warfare systems in September 2026. Image: National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

Zelensky appoints former police chief to lead Ukraine’s cyber coordination center

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed former law enforcement official Ihor Klymenko to lead the country’s national cybersecurity coordination center, putting him in charge of a body that oversees government responses to major cyberthreats.

The National Cybersecurity Coordination Center (NCCC) operates under Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) and brings together government agencies responsible for cybersecurity. The NCCC was previously headed by Rustem Umerov, a former secretary of the council.

Zelensky has previously said Klymenko’s experience would be useful in coordinating Ukraine’s defense and security agencies and confronting threats including Russian cyber operations and criminal networks.

Created in 2016, the NCCC monitors cyberthreats facing Ukraine, coordinates the work of government agencies responsible for cybersecurity and oversees the country’s national cybersecurity strategy.

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