Grebyak O.V. (2022) Paradox of Information Security in the Digital Age. Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie. No. 2. Pp. 238-247. DOI 10.17805 ...

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Abstract

This article examines the parallel development of two multidirectional trends in the modern society of active digitalization. On the one hand, we are talking about gradually growing and taking a variety of forms cyber threats, executed both through attacks on large sites in order to obtain databases or stop production processes, and through local fraud against individuals: breaking into personal pages, stealing personal data and money. On the other hand, along with incidents that exploit the capabilities of information and communication technologies, there has been a paradoxical decrease in the number of organizations and citizens making use of opportunities to protect information that enters the Internet in recent years. The very risks of compromising personal data are part and parcel of the information technology reality, the flip side of the possibility of open access to network communications and large volumes of information. It is possible to reduce their level by practicing digital hygiene. The reasons for the neglect of information security include the overestimated expectations of citizens regarding hardware and software security against the background of statements about the intensive development of security tools and the growth of payments to build security, as well as excessive self-confidence against the growing national average rates of digital literacy.