Provision of Cybersecurity in Ukraine: Issues of Legal Responsibility

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of legal responsibility in the field of cybersecurity. The Law of Ukraine “On the Main Principles of Cybersecurity Provision in Ukraine” of October 5, 2017, was analyzed and it was stated that art.12 presupposes responsibility for any breaches of legislation in the field of national security, electronic communications and information security in case the cyberspace is the place and/or the means of committing any legal offence, is the blanket article and refers to the articles of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offence, the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the Civil Code of Ukraine. The authors of the article offer characteristics of the kinds of legal responsibility: administrative, criminal and civil, for violations in the field of electronic communication and information security in the cyberspace, emphasizing that the issues of the robots’ legal responsibility are not regulated by the general Ukrainian law.