Abstract
The purpose of the article is to examine the role of the National Police of Ukraine in ensuring the information security of Ukraine. The subject of the study: The subject of the study is the competence of the National Police of Ukraine in ensuring the information security of Ukraine. Methodology: Dialectical method, epistemological method, analytical method, formal and legal method, normative and dogmatic method, the methods of legal modeling and forecasting were used in the research. The results of the study: The definition of “information security” and “cyber security” is provided. The main factors that negatively affect the information space in Ukraine, as well as current threats to Ukraine’s national security in the information sphere are identified. Practical implications: It is established that the number of crimes in the information sphere is growing every year. In this regard, the task of the National Police is to combat crimes and other offenses in this area, as well as to protect relevant rights and freedoms of citizens, society and the State. Value/originality: The tasks and powers in the area of information security protection of the National Police in general and the Department of Cyber Security, in particular, are defined.
Highlights
According to Art. 17 of the Constitution of Ukraine “protection of the sovereignty and territorial indivisibility of Ukraine, and to ensure its economic and informational security are the most important functions of the State and a matter of concern for all the Ukrainian people (LAW No 254k/96-VR, 1996)
According to the Draft Doctrine of information security of Ukraine, developed pursuant to the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine of April 28, 2014 “On the measures to improve the formation and implementation of State policy in the area of information security of Ukraine” (National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, 2014) information security is an important independent area of guaranteeing national security, which characterizes the state of protection of national interests in the information sphere from external and internal threats and is a set of information and psychological and information and technological security of the State
The Department of Cyber Police participates in the formation and implementation of State policy to prevent and combat criminal offenses, the mechanism of preparation, commission or concealment of which involves the use of computers, systems and computer networks and telecommunications networks
Summary
According to Art. 17 of the Constitution of Ukraine “protection of the sovereignty and territorial indivisibility of Ukraine, and to ensure its economic and informational security are the most important functions of the State and a matter of concern for all the Ukrainian people (LAW No 254k/96-VR, 1996). It follows that information security is one of the essential components of a country’s national security. That is why the protection of information security is a priority for the country as a whole and for specially authorized agencies in particular
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