THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF CRIMINAL-LEGAL PROTECTION OF INFORMATION SECURITY IN UKRAINE

Abstract

Problems of criminal protection of elements of
information security are determined. Information
security is defined as a set of social relations within
which the information needs of citizens, society and
the state are realized. This system includes: 1)
relations to ensure access to information resources; 2)
relations regarding the formation of an information
resource; 3) relations regarding ensuring the
functioning of information technologies as a means of
access to the information resource and its formation.
The entity is in a state of information security
when its activities are provided with complete,
reliable and sufficient information for decisionmaking.
The problems of information security in the field
of the use of information technologies include:
primitiveization of combating criminal offenses;
unpreparedness to combat the criminal use of virtual
assets; unpreparedness for the criminal use of
artificial intelligence technologies and
unpreparedness for their full use to combat crime.
The problem of criminal law protection of
information security in the field of ensuring access to
information is defined as an excessive number of criminal law prohibitions.

The key problem of criminal law protection of
information security in the field of information
resource formation is the clear definition of the limits
of effective criminal law influence.
In the conditions when the war of the Russian
Federation against our country has more than a
significant informational component, the existence of certain problems of criminal law regulation in the field of information security creates additional dangers and requires the fastest possible response.

Keywords: criminal law, effectiveness of combating criminal offenses, information security.