Threats to National Security and Area of Cyber Defense
Threats to National Security and Area of Cyber Defense

Author(s): Liudmyla Rybalchenko
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Economy, Business Economy / Management, Security and defense, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: cyber defense; information technology; cybercrime; national security
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the issues of protecting organizations from cybercrime, which poses global threats to national security. The use of information technology leads to numerous crimes and the emergence of new types of threats based on the use of various means, methods and elements of influence on human consciousness. The author shows that the use of illegal technical means, creation of viruses, spam, phishing attacks and other means have enabled cybercriminals to gain access to confidential information, databases, restricted information, payment cards, bank accounts and automated control systems with the aim of stealing and seizing data, and this leads to various forms of fraud. It is found that the use of cyberattacks on information resources is the basis for cybercriminals to cause damage and losses to the country's critical infrastructure. It is established that in times of war, the number of cybercrimes has increased many times and is carried out to destabilize the state, cause damage, disable equipment, technology, communications and communications. Hacker attacks can gain control over personal data, databases of large enterprises and institutions, and become a threat to data leakage and network damage.

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