Economic security of an enterprise: external factors of influence

The article generalizes and systematizes external factors of influence on economic security of enterprises in the context of identifying economic threats. An overview of the main threats to the external environment for the economic security of enterprises. The external factors of influence on economic safety of enterprises according to certain criteria are systematized in the part of identifying economic threats to the security of enterprises in the macroeconomic dimension. The criteria of systematization of external factors of influence on the economic security of enterprises are outlined: the criterion of objectivity, the sphere of identifying factors; criterion of location of the company on the market; criterion of branch direction; structural and production criterion.