Information security: legal and cultural dimensions

Abstract

The issue of information security in Ukraine is becoming extremely important for Ukrainian society, which, in the conditions of the Russian- Ukrainian war, has become the target of direct informational-propaganda and informational- psychological operations by Russia. Within the framework of theoretical jurisprudence, it is important to invigorate the development of effective information security strategies and ensure their practical implementation at both the national and international levels. Our research is conditionally divided into two parts. It is important for us to provide a characteristic of information security as a legal phenomenon and to determine its essential characteristics. For this purpose, we consider information security in its broad sense, as a sociocultural phenomenon, with a characteristic set of measures aimed at protecting the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information, and the protection of human rights, society, and the state in the information sphere. In the second part of the research, we separately consider information security at the level of the individual. We explore its connection with information culture, media literacy, and digital literacy. The article presents a list of recommendations for ensuring information security. It suggests establishing effective international cooperation (supporting necessary contractual relationships, conducting diplomatic work, and establishing cooperation at the level of individual cybersecurity specialists), improving the work of special units of the Ukrainian internal affairs bodies, and implementing additional controls over the qualifications of cyber police officers, which will increase the effectiveness of criminal search for cybercriminals. The importance of combating propaganda and misinformation, reviewing the financial mechanisms for implementing the information security strategy, is emphasized. Legal and cultural aspects in our research also include a look at information security at the individual level, where the development of special skills and abilities in citizens that will minimize the risks of violating their rights in the information sphere is addressed.