CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL BASIS OF INFORMATION SECURITY OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The article considers the priorities of improving information security of Ukraine on the basis of analysis of internal and external factors, European tendencies and the current situation in the country. It is grounded that information security is one of the key places in the system of maintenance of vital interests of all without exception of societies. This is primarily due to the urgent need to create a well -developed information environment for society. But precisely because of the nformation environment, threats to national security are most often carried out in various spheres of activity of the individual, society and the state. The problem of information security of Ukraine and protection of the national information space from negative propaganda-manipulative information-psychological influences is investigated. The theoretical approaches to the definition of the essence of the concept of information security are analyzed; The types of real and potential information threats, principles of information security of Ukraine, which are the starting points of the formation and functioning of the information security system as a system-forming factor of all components of national security, norms and rules of conduct of citizens, state and public institutes in this sphere, are thoroughly investigated. The following topical contemporary phenomena such as cybersecurity and cyberterrorism have been researched.