INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY IN THE CONDITIONS OF UKRAINE'S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: CHALLENGES AND WAYS OF PREVENTION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the current state of information security policy in the conditions of digital transformation of Ukraine; identifying the main challenges and threats to Ukraine's information security and formulating ways to counteract them, which is of particular importance for the formation of the country's security system and defense capability in the conditions of russian military aggression. The authors formulated the following tasks: to analyze the main approaches to the definition of information security policy; directions of the policy of digital transformation of the information sphere; to analyze the main achievements of digital transformation and, by highlighting information and cyber threats, to propose ways to solve them. The research methodology is based on the complex use of general scientific and special scientific methods of scientific knowledge, which made it possible to investigate the topic of information security in the conditions of digital transformation, which is of particular importance for the formation of the information security system and the country's defense capability. The author's approach consists in combining the use of scientific approaches, analytical materials, experience of the activities of state bodies and international organizations in the specified field. The authors focus attention on the growing relevance of the issue of countering informational threats in the system of global security measures for the sake of the future. The scientific novelty of the study consists of analyzing the current state of the information security policy of digital transformation and the existing information challenges and cyber threats to determine ways to overcome them. The authors emphasize that the main goal of state policy in the conditions of digital transformation is the management of existing and possible challenges and threats to information security to create the necessary conditions for the functioning of the information society, the functioning of a free and safe cyberspace, the realization of the informational rights of a person and a citizen, the digital transformation of the state and society, protection of national interests of Ukraine in the security sphere. The authors emphasize the need to improve and expand the space and aerospace industry of the state as a basic industry of national security and defense, as well as to increase the level of information, and political and legal education to counter information manipulation and prevent cyber threats.