International Experience of Legal Support of Information Security and the Possibilities for its Application in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Sholpan Zabikh

doi:10.14746/pp.2020.25.3.6

Abstract

The author in the article considers the problems of ensuring information security for the solution of which it is supposed to study methods and ways for identifying and preventing danger in the information sphere. The information security of society as a whole is determined by the rapidly growing technological capabilities of modern information systems, which in their influence on the politics, economy, and the spiritual and ideological sphere of people have now become decisive. Ensuring information security, which refers to the state of protection of the vital interests of the individual, society and the state in the information sphere from internal and external threats, seems to be a very important task in the modern world. The security of the information space are entails the protection of the rights and interests of man and citizen, society and the state in the information sphere from real and potential threats. The article also provides a generalized description of the international experience in the legal regulation of information security and the possibility of its application in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Highlights

In the modern world, the information expands the possibilities of international interaction and contributes to the strengthening of international relations and it is the most important life support resource for society
A number of measures have been implemented in the Republic of Kazakhstan to improve legislation and the system of ensuring information security of the state
An Information Security Concept has been developed and adopted, which provides for the implementation of a set of legal, scientific, technical and organizational measures

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Introduction

The information expands the possibilities of international interaction and contributes to the strengthening of international relations and it is the most important life support resource for society. With the development of technology and the Internet, new threats appear, for example, hacker attacks on banks and government agencies in order to seize valuable information on finances, personal data of clients, the activities of companies or government agencies. There is a need to ensure information security in such areas as: protection of state interests; protection of individual rights in the information sphere; protection of financial and business activities, protection of information from computer crimes and others. The protection of individual rights in the information sphere is not new to the world community. Тhe basic principles for establishing limits on interference in private (personal) life by the state and other entities are determined by such fundamental norms as: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948), Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (developed in 1950 and entered into force on September 3, 1953) and others.

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