Legal regulation of information security in Ukraine

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the system of legal regulation of information security in Ukraine. It has been established that the Constitution is the foundation of the system of legal acts, which is the basis of legal regulation of information security in Ukraine. It is followed by the Laws of Ukraine: On Information, On Protection of Information in Information and Communication Systems, On Protection of Personal Data, On State Secrets, On National Security of Ukraine, On Basic Principles of Ensuring Cyber Security of Ukraine, On Electronic Communications, On Media, On Copyright and related rights, On the protection of rights to the composition of semiconductor products, On the protection of rights to inventions and utility models, On state secrets, etc. Norms defining information security of Ukraine have found further development at the sub-legal level. By­laws are aimed at detailing individual provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine and laws. They have a subject direction and regulate a specific sphere of social relations or areas of work of state administration bodies. At the level of central executive bodies, orders, instructions and orders are issued as by-laws. The documents defining the regulatory and technical basis of information protection in Ukraine also include standards and industry materials. They are of key importance because they ensure uniformity in the field of information security, standardize procedures for protecting information, methods for ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of data, as well as measures for preventing and responding to information incidents. We also included international acts: conventions, declarations, resolutions, etc., in the system of legal acts that constitute the basis of legal regulation of information security in Ukraine. It was concluded that today the normative and legal basis of ensuring information security is an extensive network of domestic and international norms of different legal force and focus, which in its totality ensures the comprehensive functioning of the entire system of ensuring information security in Ukraine.