Ensuring the cyber resistance of Ukraine in modern conditions: digital skills and competencies

Abstract

This article reviews the role of digital skills in the digital economy as one of the elements of Ukraine's cybersecurity systems. The author examines the process of formation of digital skills of citizens and defines the concept of «digital skills». The author has named the base list of digital skills. View cyberspace as an environment for the exchange of information and data of socio-technical systems. The technical risks that are characteristic of cyberspace have been called: violation of the integrity and accessibility of information and communication infrastructure, adverse technological advances, fraud and data theft, cyber-attacks. The author analyzes the main legal documents of the national security system. Highlights the low level of skills in information and cyber security in Ukraine, which forms the basis for the formation of non-admission to the state and the storage of other risks and threats in cyberspace. Considers the strategic goals of the national cybersecurity system of Ukraine. The emphasis is on the characteristic power properties of instability in the modern world: variability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Offers its definition of «rethinking» and extends it to «product rethinking» and «personal rethinking». Separates elements for the formation of digital competencies in information and cybersecurity. Explains the topic of new specialized cybersecurity and lists them: auditor of strategic (including information and cyber) infrastructure, telecommunications security specialist, cyber insurance agent, Internet of Things cybersecurity specialist, digital reputation security manager, Specialist in cybersecurity of Artificial intelligence.