Administrative and legal status of the national security and defence council of Ukraine as a subject of information security of the state

Abstract

In 2022, when Russia unleashed a full-scale military attack against Ukraine, considerable attention was paid to information warfare, which is a direct threat to the country's information security. Information security is an important aspect of national security, and its subjects have proven their ability not only to withstand the onslaught of the aggressor state but also to fully resist it. Selfless confrontation, including information threats, was carried out by both state and non-state structures, IT specialists and citizens who understood the importance of winning on the information front. The purpose of the study is to outline the essence of the administrative and legal status of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. It takes promising measures to counter threats to the state's information security. Based on the analysis of the accumulated empirical material, information security as the basis of national security of Ukraine is summarised; the position of the NSDC in the system of subjects of state information policy is outlined; measures to eliminate information threats through the application of prohibitive and restrictive sanctions are revealed. The scientific novelty lies in the attempt to consider the elements of the administrative and legal status of the NSDC in the information field for the first time since the full-scale armed invasion by the Russian Federation using the studied material and the legislative framework. The paper analyses existing gaps in the development and implementation of state policy in the information environment and outlines possible solutions. The author proposes her own interpretation of the administrative and legal status of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. The suggestions for subsequent determination of the administrative and legal status of the NSDC and the mechanism for monitoring the effectiveness of the implementation of the Information Security Strategy will encourage scientists to further study this issue