ON DIGITALIZATION DEVELOPMENT IN MODERN RUSSIA
The purpose of this article is to structure and clarify information about digitalization and the practical possibilities associated with this process. The authors note that the historical prerequisites for the development of global digitalization idea are the active spread of computer technology and the emergence of mobile communications in the 90s of the 20th century. The development of digitalization in the Russian Federation is described within the framework of the National Technological Initiative, implemented with the participation of ASI (Agency for Strategic Initiatives) and national projects, as well as at the level of public-private partnerships and support of private companies. The article provides a characteristic of end-to-end (basic technologies used in various industries) digital technologies that have appeared in connection with the active use of digitalization elements in all strategic projects of the Russian Federation. As a driver for the most industries’ development, digitalization has found wide application in the banking sector, trade, telecommunications, as well as in automotive and mechanical engineering, metallurgy, medicine and pharmaceuticals. Digitalization in the fuel and energy (TEK) sector can also be considered successful. However, according to the authors, it is necessary to pay attention to the digital technologies’ used complexity, which makes them inaccessible to untrained persons. Thus, in the field of information security, increased attention is required to ensure information security. And to prevent a possible negative effect, it is necessary to study the ethical side of digital technologies and develop standards for their application. With the aim of developing safe and environmentally friendly digital technologies in the coal mining sector, as well as the development of digitalization of the fuel and energy complex (TEK), as one of the key areas of activity, in September 2021 on the basis of the Kuzbass State Technical University under the auspices of the Governor of the Kemerovo Region-Kuzbass Sergey Evgenievich Tsivilev and the rector of the St. Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Stefanovich Litvinenko, a new Scientific and Educational Engineering Center for Industrial, Geodynamic and Information Security is created and starts its work. Given the high importance of the fuel and energy complex (TEK) for the region, the introduction of digital technologies will be accompanied by the development of information security.