Main directions of development of infrastructure in digital economy

Abstract

Nowadays digital technologies penetrate deeper and deeper into all human activities. Digitalization influence not only business organization but changes the whole society. The article analyses the essence of term “digital economy”. The study objective is to investigate the current state of digital economy and determine the direction of its infrastructure development. Here we determine the main traits of digital economy, information-technological structure of digital economy, digital economy platforms functioning mechanism. Along with information infrastructure an important element of digital economy – digital security (cyber security) is outlined. Cyber security is a protection of information infrastructure systems and it should provide safe work in global and local networks, safe operation of applications and digital platforms. Infrastructure of digital economy in Russia is analyzed: proactive security technologies, target object domain analysis, higher competitive level of the country. An issue of developing a modern economic theory of digital economy is being discussed.