Informational security in the context of challenges end threats of national security

Abstract

The article analyzes the current problems of information security as a part of the national security of the state. The author identifies the reasons for the unsatisfactory situation in the field of information security. Particular attention is paid to the legal framework for information security and prospects for improving legislation, the problems of regulating relations in this area. Successful development and the very existence of Ukraine as a sovereign state is impossible without ensuring its national security. The society’s and the state’s information security is determined by the degree of their protection and, consequently, the stability of the main areas of life concerning dangerous, destabilizing, destructive, infringing the interests of the country information actions at both implementation, and retrieval.
 The state information policy, as activity of system of public authorities and administration in the information-psychological area occupies the central place in the system of regulation of both social and political relations in the modern information society. The transparency of the state information policy is the basis for ensuring the country’s socio-psychological stability and successful economic development. The practice of information and psychological influence is more and more developing in the modern world. The terms «informational» and «psychological» wars are widely used by politicians and political scientists, and are increasingly appearing in the context of the country’s information security issues.
 The purpose of this article is to determine the role of information security in the national security of the state and to study the legislative regulation in the information area of Ukraine.
 A radical change in the state’s approach to solving this problem should become one of the priorities in ensuring national security.