Improved Planning of Information Policy in the Cyber Security Sphere under Conditions of Hybrid Threats

Mejora de la Planificación de la Política de Información en el Ámbito de la Ciberseguridad en Condiciones de Amenazas Híbridas

Keywords: information threats, hybrid threat, cyber security state, disinformation, information policy

Abstract

The study aimed to consider the current state of planning information policy in the field of cybersecurity under intensified hybrid threats, using the methods of comparison and observation. The study conducted showed that in the face of intensified hybrid threats, states must develop common approaches to implement state information policy and ensure information cybersecurity. In the face of Russia’s hidden and direct aggression, governments should develop an effective system for implementing national information policies to ensure information security and introduce new state structures and mechanisms for timely detection and neutralization of threats to national interests in the sphere of information security. It concludes on the need to counter the destructive behavior of states using hybrid threats at the national and supranational levels and explains the low level of information protection in individual states and international institutions. The European Union and NATO can play a key supporting role and offer support where national responses to cybersecurity threats have proved insufficient.

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Author Biographies

Viacheslav Dziundziuk, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Professor, Department of Public Policy, Institute of Public Administration, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Olena Krutii, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Professor, Department of Public Policy, Institute of Public Administration, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Roman Sobol, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy, Institute of Public Administration, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Tetiana Kotukova, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy, Institute of Public Administration, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Oleksandr Kotukov, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Sciences in Sociology, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy, Institute of Public Administration, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Published
2022-10-18
How to Cite
Dziundziuk, V., Krutii, O., Sobol, R., Kotukova, T., & Kotukov, O. (2022). Improved Planning of Information Policy in the Cyber Security Sphere under Conditions of Hybrid Threats: Mejora de la Planificación de la Política de Información en el Ámbito de la Ciberseguridad en Condiciones de Amenazas Híbridas. Political Questions, 40(74), 741-763. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4074.41
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Derecho Público