ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING CYBER SECURITY OF A HIGHER MILITARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Abstract

The impact of the development and dissemination of information and communication technologies (ICT) in higher military educational institutions (HMEI) is considered in the article, as on the one hand, it increases its efficiency and promotes the training of highly qualified personnel (tactical, operational and strategic level of military education) for the Security Sector and defense of Ukraine, which is extremely necessary in the case of armed aggression by the Russian Federation, and on the other hand, it makes its information space vulnerable to cyberattacks, which the issue of cybersecurity of HMEI raises. At the same time, the author focuses on the analysis of cyber-attacks on educational institutions in recent years, which are due to the development of methods (means) of their implementation and wide access to them by various users, including attackers. In addition, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber-attack is the most common cyber threat to international educational institutions, according to an analytical report by Netscout (a developer of ICT solutions to combat DDoS cyberattacks in the United States). It has been analyzed that criminals have recently used DDoS cyberattacks to extort money. Moreover, DDoS cyberattacks were aimed at banks, stock exchanges, travel agencies, currency exchanges and educational institutions. Therefore, the cybersecurity of HMEI needs constant attention from the participants of its provision. In addition, the analysis shows that the cybersecurity of any university is influenced by external and internal factors, which confirm the relevance of the chosen area of research. Therefore, the cybersecurity of HMEI requires an analysis of the factors that affect it, in order to choose the best option for its implementation. Accordingly, the essence and main features of the impact of factors on the cybersecurity of HMEI are identified and their characteristics are presented. The influence of factors on the cybersecurity of HMEI has been decomposed, in particular on the interdependence and criticality of their impact. The necessity of taking into account and constant monitoring of the influence of external and internal factors on the cybersecurity of HMEI is substantiated, which allows to get situational awareness of the current state of cybersecurity and to make appropriate decisions to the management.