Information security: key features of the phenomenon, its methods and means

This article is devoted to the information security, which is a relevant and demanded research area within modern interdisciplinary scientific studies, key features of this phenomenon and its methods as well. The paper notes that there is an understanding of the importance to maintain information security in social scientific knowledge. This is evidenced by a number of soviet and Russian scientists’ theoretical-methodological and scientific-practical studies, which indicate the sufficient research mastery of the phenomenon. This research area has taken on increasing importance in the strategic regulatory state documents, which are responsible for the country’s national security. Special attention is paid to the most significant characteristics of social reality, its determining development factors, new trends, innovation challenges and risks. These are not only the characteristics of social reality but its bifurcation zones, which to be taken into consideration and prevented in the future. In the authors’ view, namely the risks, related to the informational component and the undermining of information security in particular, acquire importance. The article notes the key role of a sociocultural aspect in creating a desirable modern social reality for society. This is about a conscious access to manage both an individual and mass consciousness through the sociocultural aspect. Based on the results of analyzing the key regulatory documents, the authors identified methods and means of ensuring information security, which are most widespread and put into practice. They were integrated into the authors’ scheme that provides a clear picture of this phenomenon’s scientific-practical side. The article notes the extreme significance of further studying information security as a research area that has a great scientific potential and a high scientific-practical demand in the future. The management plan and practical outcome of preserving the phenomenon acquire a particular relevance within this research area.

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