CMU Resolution 518

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 518 on Cyber Protection Requirements — Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Also known as: Постанова 518, КМУ 518, Постанова КМУ № 518, Загальні вимоги до кіберзахисту критичної інфраструктури

At a glance

Current version
CMU Resolution No. 518 (edition of 20 November 2025, Resolution No. 1470)
Published 20 November 2025. source
Status
In force
Next deadline
None announced
Who must comply
Critical infrastructure operators and owners or administrators of critical information infrastructure objects, except the National Bank, banks, other NBU-supervised financial market participants and payment market operators. source
Written by
A resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers under Article 5(3) of the Law on the Basic Principles of Cybersecurity; the SSSCIP issues the catalogue of measures and the baseline measures. source
Last change
None recorded yet

Ukrainian government resolution establishing general cybersecurity requirements for critical infrastructure operators. It sets out a catalogue of cyber-protection measures and baseline measures issued by SSSCIP, a cyber-protection plan reviewed annually, risk management, with measures consistent with the object's protection plan under the security passport procedure of CMU Resolution No. 818.

Recent changes

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Key dates

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  1. Restated General Requirements under Resolution No. 1470 take effect

Version history

  1. CMU Resolution No. 518 (edition of 20 November 2025, Resolution No. 1470) RevisionCurrent

    Resolution No. 1470 of 13 November 2025 restated the General Requirements around a catalogue of cyber protection measures, risk management and an annual cyber protection plan. source

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    • All baseline cyber protection measures defined by the SSSCIP are mandatory (point 3).
    • The cyber protection plan is approved and reviewed every year; its measures must be consistent with the object's protection plan against the national-level "cyberattack/cyber incident" design threat, agreed under the security passport procedure of Resolution No. 818 of 4 August 2023 (point 4).
    • The annex to the General Requirements was deleted.
  2. Edition of 7 September 2022 (Resolution No. 991) Amendment

    Amended by Resolution No. 991 of 2 September 2022 on amending certain Cabinet resolutions on electronic communications. source

  3. CMU Resolution No. 518 (as adopted) Major version

    The Cabinet approved the General Requirements for cyber protection of critical infrastructure objects; the resolution entered into force on 26 June 2019. source

Who it applies to

The requirements bind critical infrastructure operators and owners of critical information infrastructure, except entities under National Bank regulation.

Who is bound
Mandatory for critical infrastructure operators and owners or administrators of critical information infrastructure objects (point 1). source
Financial sector excluded
Not applicable to the National Bank, banks, other financial market participants regulated by the National Bank, payment system operators, their participants and technological operators of payment services (point 1). source
Sector requirements
Sectoral critical infrastructure authorities may develop sector requirements on this basis, agreed with the SSSCIP (point 11). source

How compliance is assessed

Operators apply the SSSCIP baseline measures, run continuous risk management, keep a cyber protection plan reviewed every year and assess their cyber protection state.

Baseline measures
Cyber protection is ensured through measures chosen with risk management results; all baseline measures are mandatory (point 3). source
Annual plan
Operators approve a cyber protection plan, review it every year and update it as needed, describing the current and/or target cyber protection state (point 4). source
State assessment
Operators ensure assessment of the cyber protection state under the procedure set under Article 5(3) of the cybersecurity law (point 5). source
Risk management
Risk management is continuous and uses national and international cybersecurity management standards; the risk assessment method is approved by the SSSCIP (point 6). source

Enforcement and penalties

The SSSCIP exercises state control over compliance with cyber protection legislation.

State control
The SSSCIP exercises state control over compliance with cyber protection legislation in a procedure set by the Cabinet of Ministers (Law No. 2163-VIII, Article 15(4)). source

Documents

  1. Law text Постанова КМУ від 19.06.2019 № 518 «Про затвердження Загальних вимог з кіберзахисту об'єктів критичної інфраструктури»
  2. Law text Постанова КМУ від 13.11.2025 № 1470 (amending resolution)

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