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Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum 2026

Agenda

Background 2023-2025

KICRF was initiated in 2023 by the National Cybersecurity Coordination Center under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Global, supported by the U.S. Department of State. KICRF was joined by the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Ministry of Digital Transformation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The technological partner of all events is Cyber ​​Unit Technologies, the managing partners of the Forum are the Institute of Cyber Warfare Research and KICRForum company.

Відео - Досвід 2025

Key topics

  • Building collective resilience in the face of cognitive warfare
  • AI-Native military conflicts
  • Digital sovereignty
  • Countering hybrid and FIMI threats
  • Quantum challenges
  • Supply chain security
  • Critical infrastructure protection and operational technology (OT) security
  • Public-private partnerships and the role of business leaders
  • Human factors, awareness & cyber hygiene
  • Cybersecurity of emerging financial technologies

KICRF 2026 CTF

A two-day cybersecurity competition (CTF) with challenges or cybersecurity professionals of the public and private sectors, aiming at boosting their qualifications and honing their professional skills.

The competition is featuring tasks closely resembling the real cases that occurred in 2025.

KICRF 2025 Bug Bash DOT-Chain

Within the framework of the Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum on March 11-12, 2025, Cyber Unit Technologies, with the support of the NCSCC under the NSDC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the technical partner — the Institute for Cyber Warfare Research (ICWR), is holding a Bug Bash DOT-Chain side event.

The DOT-Chain Bug Bash is a two-day event during which teams of «ethical hackers» will be looking for vulnerabilities in the web resources of the State Enterprise «State Logistics Operator».

Past partners

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