PECULIARITIES OF FORMING MODERN DEFINITIONS OF CYBERSPACE

At the beginning of the study, it is emphasized that the scientific and technical revolution of the beginning of the 21st century caused profound systemic transformations throughout the world, which led to the formation of cyberspace. The currently existing main approaches to the interpretation of the concept of «cyberspace» in the views of famous scientists are listed. The most successful interpretation of this concept is presented and the shortcomings of its one-sided description are indicated. The structural elements of cyberspace were analyzed and it was said that a person, due to his physiological characteristics, cannot yet directly connect to cyberspace. It is noted that the national system of cyber security in the virtual environment is a set of entities providing protection and interrelated measures of a political, scientific and technical, informational, and educational nature. The legislative shortcomings in the description of the functioning of modern cyberspace are named, because they should regulate the main aspects of the joint activity of the subjects of cyber security.