On the need for Ukraine to use the positive experience of the United States in building an information security system

Abstract

The article considers issues related to the need to create an effective national system of information security in Ukraine, following the example of a such NATO country as the United States. In particular, the US regulations in this area of public relations and positive experience on these issues are analyzed, as well as scientifically sound measures to address these issues.

In particular, the article examines the evolution of the American system of information security of the state through the prism of the main threats to national security. The main stages of the evolution of this system are traced, as a result of which "information warfare" and "information security" in the USA become the second among all the threats to the national security after the terrorism, outpacing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, the threshold stages of an effective information security system, which has been formed in the United States in recent decades, are determined.

The study also notes that back in 2001 in the United States for the first time announced the thesis of international information security - as a condition provided by generally accepted and special principles and norms of international law, which includes violations of international peace and security of individual states and the world community in general in the sphere of information and communication.

It should be noted that the main external factor that determines the evolution of the information security system in the United States is the aggressive influences and destructive actions of the Russian Federation, which consist in systematic encroachment on information security and determine the need for active counteracting and encroaching on these encroachments.

For Ukraine, which has been waging a hybrid war with Russia for seven years, including information war, the presence and relevance of these problems - is obvious. Therefore, the experience of NATO countries, and the United States in particular, in this area is particularly valuable, useful and largely applicable in the formation of Ukraine’s own effective model of information security and its development.