Demianenko Mykhail

Countering Information Aggression: World Experience and Domestic Realities

Abstract: The article examines the specifics of the current foreign information policy of the Russian Federation, namely the information aggression which it has recently implemented against NATO, European countries and Ukraine. In this regard, the current state of Ukraine's information security is analyzed, as well as potential and real information threats are identified. At the same time, the retrospective and modern state of foreign experience of confronting information aggression is considered. The necessity to use means of effective protection the national information space from negative informational and manipulative influences is proved. In particular, such a means are: individual steps to regulate access to the domestic information space; mechanisms of implementation rapid restrictions in case of revealing facts of anti-Ukrainian activities; creation of an effective information state infrastructure, which envisages improving the regulatory framework for the detection and prevention of threats to information and cyber security, which are constantly evolving and perfected; creation of necessary structures in the system of law enforcement bodies and defense departments; modernization of the whole system of information security of the state, which meets the modern requirements, including, taking into account international experience. The practical recommendations for improving the information security system of Ukraine are highlighted and the need for consolidation of international efforts is proved.

Keywords: information aggression, information security of Ukraine, information space, state information policy, information threats, propaganda, information wars.

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• Demianenko Mykhail (V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, Kyiv)

Cite:
Demianenko Mykhail (2018). Countering Information Aggression: World Experience and Domestic Realities. Academic Papers of The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, (50) 225-240. (In Ukrainan). doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/np.50.225

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