CYBERSECURITY AS A NEW DIRECTION OF THE INFORMATION COMPONENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY OF UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL ASPECT

Abstract

The article is devoted to defining the place of cybersecurity of Ukraine, as the latest trend of information component of national security system of Ukraine, which is based on provisions of the Constitution and legislation of Ukraine. The main reasons for the development of the concept of cybernetic security of Ukraine should include the emergence of challenges and threats in information and cyberspace in the context of rapid development of scientific and technological progress of mankind. It is also essential to add that in the conditions of the armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine, the question of protection and its legal reasoning from the point of view of the Constitution of Ukraine with the aim of protecting state sovereignty and independence of the Ukraine is extremely urgent. In the article the special attention is paid to appearance and development of the term "cybersecurity". The approaches of Ukrainian scholars to determining the cybersecurity from the legal point of view are analysed. As the basis for the system of national security of Ukraine, the rules of the Constitution of Ukraine define the fundamental focus on the protection of cyberspace and critical infrastructure of Ukraine. It is important to note that the implementation of the cybersecurity of Ukraine is the protection of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen in Ukraine, the interests of society and the state, effective functioning of bodies of state power, of the ability to confront the challenges and threats in the sphere of high technologies. As well the author considers the problems of determining the informational sovereignty of Ukraine, identifies and consolidates its legal features, including cybersecurity, which is included as part of the overall information security policy in the system of national security of Ukraine. Special attention is devoted to the recently adopted normative legal acts in the sphere of implementation of cybersecurity in Ukraine, which define the essence and the concept of cybersecurity, the basic principles and tasks for its implementation in Ukraine. The article as well defines the characteristics of the national system of cybersecurity in Ukraine. The basic principles of activities, tasks, and limits of competence of the relevant entities ensuring the implementation of cybersecurity in Ukraine are analysed. In conclusion the author singles out the main norms of the Constitution of Ukraine that recognize cybersecurity as a part of the information component of national security of Ukraine.