Abstract

The essence of the security complex is revealed. Approaches to understanding the essence of information security are determined, in particular, as a state of security, as a type of public information legal relations, the direction of information relations within the limits of information legislation, the state of information (information environment of society, information development). The informational component of national security is considered. The institutional landscape of information security is described, which includes supranational international bodies and institutions and transnational corporations, states and their governments, business entities and financial and industrial groups, political parties and civil society organizations, religious organizations, fundamentalist and terrorist groups, individual politicians and public figures, journalists and publicists, bloggers and other persons who collect, process, perceive, store, transform and distribute information through any of the available communication channels. The directions of ensuring information security in modern Ukraine are characterized. The role of information security in ensuring the integrity of the national information space of Ukraine is revealed. It has been proven that with the help of modern information security technologies, it becomes possible to minimize the impact of various threats and risks on the functioning of the information space at the global / regional, national / local levels.