About the CCA

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central executive bodies, which ensures the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of electronic trust services and performs the functions of the Central Certification Authority.

The functions and powers of the Central Certification Authority are defined in Article 7 of the Law of Ukraine "On Electronic identification and Trust Services", according to which the Ministry:

  • carries out the powers defined by the law in the spheres of electronic trust services and electronic identification:
  • provides administrative services by adding legal entities and natural persons - entrepreneurs who intend to provide electronic trust services to the Trusted List;
  • approves the time synchronization procedures with the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) developed by qualified trust services providers;
  • approves plans of activity termination of qualified trust service providers;
  • receives and preserves documented information, generated certificates (including enhanced, qualified) public keys, registers of valid, suspended and revoked public key certificates in case of termination of the qualified trust services provider;
  • considers proposals (comments) of the subjects of relations in the field of electronic trust services to improve state regulation of electronic trust services;
  • provides the subjects of relations in the field of electronic trust services with advice on issues related to the provision of electronic trust services;
  • informs in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On electronic trust services” about the circumstances that hinder the activities of the Central Certification Authority;
  • assesses the state of development of the sphere of electronic trust services based on the results of the analysis of information on the activities of providers of qualified trust services and the certification center;
  • ensures mutual recognition of Ukrainian and foreign certificates of public keys and electronic signatures used while providing legally significant electronic services;
  • carries out other powers in the areas of electronic trust services and electronic identification, defined by the Law.

Technical and technological support for the performance of the functions of the Central Certification Authority is provided by the administrator of the information and telecommunication system of the Central Certification Authority - the state enterprise that belongs to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine (state enterprise "DIIA").

According to the Law of Ukraine "On electronic trust services", electronic trust services include:

  • creation, verification and validation of an advanced electronic signature or seal;
  • formation, verification and confirmation of the validity of the electronic signature or seal certificate;
  • formation, verification and validation of the website authentication certificate;
  • formation, verification and validation of the electronic time stamp;
  • registered electronic delivery;
  • preservation of advanced electronic signatures, seals, electronic timestamps and certificates associated with these services.

The subjects of relations in the field of electronic trust services are:

  • users of electronic trust services;
  • providers of electronic trust services;
  • conformity assessment bodies;
  • certification center;
  • Central Certification Authority;
  • controlling body.

Electronic trust services are provided, as a rule, on a contractual basis by providers of electronic trust services. Each service that is part of the electronic trust services can be provided individually or in combination.

Qualified Trust Services Provider - a legal entity regardless of organizational and legal form and form of ownership, a natural person - entrepreneur who provides one or more electronic trust services, whose activities meet the requirements of the Law of Ukraine "On electronic identification and trust services" and information about that is included in Trusted list.