Current legal trends of cyber security and intellectual property

Keywords: informational security, cyberspace, cybersecurity, intellectual property 
The catalyst for changes in the sphere of cyber-security in our countryhas been the hybrid war unleashed by the Russian Federation with the use of bothclassic and non-lethal weapons, through cyberspace and across cyberspace included.Challenges and threats to the national security of Ukraine in the cyberspaceled to the creation of the Cybersecurity Strategy of Ukraine.The cyberwar in Ukraine showed the ineffectiveness of the current internationallegal deterrence mechanism. The most important aspect of the development ofinternational humanitarian law is the formation of modern principles of counteractionto unfriendly actions of aggressors in cyberspace. Encouraging innovative activityand protecting rights holders from cyber threats is the main direction ofstate (national) intellectual property strategies, as a significant foundation for therapid development of industrial potential. Cybersecurity prevents the infringementof intellectual property rights and also ensures the privacy of databases,trade secrets and know-how to rights holders. It is the effective state position inthis area that will ensure the rapid recovery of our state after the end of the war.Legislative regulation of cyber protection in Ukraine corresponds to internationalstandards and modern cybersecurity strategies of the EU and NATO. In ouropinion, the most promising directions of development of the national cyber defencesystem are: improvement of the legal basis of cyber defence for critical infrastructurefacilities; implementation of the system of independent information security;development of international cooperation in the field of cybersecurity; increasein digital literacy of citizens and culture of safe behaviour in the cyberspace.The cyberwar in Ukraine has shown the ineffectiveness of the current internationallegal deterrence mechanism. The most important aspect of the developmentof international humanitarian law is the formation of modern principles of counteractionin cyberspace and the protection of the interests of small countries fromunfriendly actions.