In the conditions of the special operation, sanctions oppression, and information war, which has been waged against Russia by Western countries constantly since 1945, but with particular intensity since 2014 and especially in the current situation, the goals of awareness-raising work at the higher educational institution are being utterly concretized. This is not only the development of sought-after cross-professional competencies like innovation, creativity, communication, and solidarity, but also, and perhaps, most importantly, the formation of a holistic worldview of young people, i.e. a worldview based on the values of patriotism, morality, legal awareness, healthy lifestyle, family values, and on reliable knowledge of the processes that occur in society, their causes and understanding. This situation required a rethinking of many components of the very process of awareness-raising in universities and higher educational institutions of the country and the management of this process. On the recommendation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, lectures, aimed at clarifying the realities in a changing world and the threats in the field of information security, were held in all higher educational institutions of the country in March-April 2022.