The State of Cyber Security of the Modern Information Society
In recent years, a steady increase in the number of crimes and other incidents in the sphere of high tech- nologies has been observed. Such notions as: cyber security, cyber crime, cyber offence, and cyber threat became firmly established in the everyday usage of specialists and mass media. A considerable number of works by different authors have been devoted to the study of various aspects of the corresponding phenomenon. Nevertheless, until now no universally recognised definition of relevant terms has been worked out. The solution of this problem is of special importance not only for the theory and practice of ensuring information security but also for the legal regulation sphere. In this connection, the current state of cybercrime is considered in the paper: its structure and dynamics under the conditions of intensive development of the information society. The work contains an analysis of classification and qualification aspects of cybercrime, in particular, a possible classification of malicious software as a means of committing such crimes is presented. The imperfection of the existing domestic criminal laws is noted.