Methodological Support for the Formation of Information Security in the Field of Economic Security of the Region

The article is devoted to the study of methodological support of the processes of formation of information security in the field of economic security of the regional socio-economic system. The urgency and necessity at the methodological level of the formation of effective mechanisms and methods of modeling various aspects of information security at the regional level. The scientific interests of domestic and foreign scientists to the problem of information security at the macro, meso and micro levels in the field of economic security are analyzed. The essence of the concept of economic security, as well as the concept of information security from the standpoint of economic security of regions and economic entities of the regional socio-economic system. Information component is an integral part of life in all spheres. Therefore, it is necessary to form new approaches to the understanding of information and the study of the phenomenon of information as an economic resource of interests of regional industrial and infrastructure complexes. Applied areas of research in the field of information security is to counter financial crises and instability of the media, evaluation of the cost of the introduction of information security, the problem of risk assessment and threats to information security. The paper highlights the basic resources and threats that are used in the consideration and solution of problems of information security in the field of economic security of the region. Modern transformations in the economic system of Ukraine and its regions, the formation of market structures and the development of the enterprise have led to dynamic changes in the structure and flow of information. Management of information resources is now becoming an important means of ensuring the effective operation of all actors and the regional socio-economic system as a whole. Therefore, it is necessary to create adequate methodological support when information and knowledge are treated as an essential resource and as an element of economic potential. According to the authors, the creation of a single information space of the regional socio-economic system is one of the priority areas of research. Three basic directions of development of organizational and legal support of information security of the region within its economic security are offered. The problem of ensuring information security at the level of the regional socio-economic system should be continued in the study of methods for assessing risks and threats in the field of economic security.