THREATS TO INFORMATION SECURITY OF UKRAINIAN SOCIETY UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF "HYBRID WAR"

Problem setting. In the present conditions, information security is an important component
of national security of the state as a whole system. During the “hybrid wars”, information
security issues become especially relevant. In recent years, our country has faced
a variety of threats, including those which aimed at the information and communication
sphere.
Recent research and publications analysis. The problem of information security of
the Ukrainian society in condition of the “hybrid war” has been covered in a number of
publications. In particular, authors of a thorough study, edited by V. Gorbulin, showed the
multifaceted nature of phenomenon of the “hybrid war” and revealed its characteristic
features and peculiarities. The systematic understanding of the essence of information
security and information threats at the present stage of national state formation is presented
in the scientific works of O. Danilian, O. Dzoban, Y. Kalynovsky, E. Manuilov and
others. In its turn, G. Shevchenko reflects on the interconnection of information and
spiritual security, identifying major threats of value, mental and cultural nature.
Paper objective. The purpose of our scientific research is identifying the major threats
and challenges to the information security of Ukrainian society in the “hybrid war”.
Paper main body. One of the main means of conducting a “hybrid war” is the so-called
information weapon, which in its effectiveness and consequences poses a significant threat
to any state involved in hybrid confrontation, particularly for Ukraine. It should be noted
that information weapons are especially effective against a country in crisis, where the
public consciousness is dominated by value ambivalence, socio-political uncertainty. The
use of information weapons becomes especially effective when there is a confrontation
between political forces in the state, there is a crisis of moral and legal consciousness, and
a weak patriotic elite in all spheres of public life. Understanding the information security
should include not only the protection of information resources of society, the state and
individual, but also the retention of valuable aspects of historical memory, cultural traditions,
specific national and the ethnic way of life of Ukrainian people. In this context, researchers
talk about protection of the informational sovereignty of our country, the understanding
of which absorbs the legal, political, value-cultural, security and information
processes in the country.
Conclusions of the research. Thus, present threats to the information security of
Ukrainian society in condition of the “hybrid war” have multidirectional nature and appeared
in communication, technical, value, political, legal, socio-economic and other
spheres. The existence of these threats is caused by both external negative influences and
internal instability factors.