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ИКОНОМИЧЕСКИ И КОНЦЕПТУАЛНИ АСПЕКТИ НА ИНФОРМАЦИОННАТА СИГУРНОСТ ПРЕЗ XXI ВЕК
ECONOMIC AND CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF INFORMATION SECURITY IN THE XXI CENTURY

Author(s): Nevse Arnaud
Subject(s): Economy, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Икономически университет - Варна
Keywords: information; information security; information society; first threats to information security; information safety
Summary/Abstract: Computer systems and networks are one of the highest technological products of humanity. Apart from all the advantages they offer, they also have a number of disadvantages. The problem of information security (IS) is extremely important for the security agencies in the Republic of Bulgaria. The widespread entry of information and communication technologies into the daily activities of people, economic operators and society at large, combined with the use of a wide range of high-tech innovations, is also changing the way society as a whole functions, as a particularly important aspect in the functioning of this new digital Economy plays the security of information as its basis and key component. Security issues have accompanied mankind since the beginning of its existence. The problem of economic security has never existed on its own account; it has always been one of the main tasks of the state. Economic security has a direct impact on the position of the state and its role in global economic and political processes. National economic inter-ests provide the basis of any strategy for economic security. Formulating an exemplary model of a strategy for economic security of the Republic of Bulgaria gives grounds to define the goals, objectives and structure of the economy. Its devel-opment will contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a high level of economic security of the Bulgarian state in the context of globalization and its implementation will reflect and generate a purposeful foreign and domestic policy in various sectors of the economy as a whole. The article examines two main strategies for the economic security of the state, as well as basic principles of an exemplary model of a strategy for economic security of the Republic of Bulgaria.