Stronger together? EU Support for Ukrainian Local Authorities Facing Cyber Attacks (2022-2023)
Journal: Applied Cybersecurity & Internet Governance
Year: 2024

This study attempts to explore the extent to which EU support during the decentralisation process in Ukraine facilitates local authorities’ digitalisation and strengthens their resilience against cyber attacks. The Ukrainian cyber attack cases are becoming more frequent in 2022 and 2023 in terms of war, especially on the websites of local authorities. The article demonstrates that decentralisation with the support of the EU-funded U-LEAD assistance programme provides an opportunity to bring stat