Information security challenge of modern society

Information security is vital for all living organisms, people, organizations and society as a whole, since information security is the basis of all life activities. The ambiguity of understanding the terms “information” and “security” leads to the need to clarify the conceptual apparatus on the problem of ensuring information security. The article reveals the meaning of information security as a challenge to modern society. The concept of “information security” is clarified. Information security is considered in terms of privacy protection, security of organizational operations and cybersecurity. The author's understanding of information security is given from the point of view of the organization's management, of individual subjects, and society. It is substantiated that people simultaneously use information security, provide it, and are also subject to information threats. Information security requires certain competencies, skills and actions from organizations and individuals, both in professional and personal life. Appropriate competencies are needed in education, research and social activities. To manage activities to ensure information security, a multi-disciplinary approach and interaction of organizations from different areas of activity of the human community is required. This determines the need for the members of society to master the competencies of information security, which is one of the tasks of modern education. The standardized requirements for the protection of personal data and confidentiality that exist in the EU, which must be observed by organizations and administrations, can serve as guidelines for the formation of information security competencies and for its provision in practice. The existence of standards provides a systematic and consistent practice of risk management and security.