Development of digital competences of future specialists in information security at university

Digital transformation of modern society causes higher education to develop both universal and professional digital competencies of students. This is critical for the future specialists in the field of information security, as their training has some specific features, which determine the relevance of this article. The goal of the research is to justify the development of digital competencies of information security students in the context of Education 4.0 paradigm and the national program for the development of digital economy. The theoretical significance of the study is the clarification of the concept of digital competencies, trends and the possible consequences of their development in Russian and foreign practice. The scientific novelty is in identifying the features and problems of the development of digital competencies of information security specialists, as well as in substantiating the prospective possibilities of these problems overcoming in training information security students at university. The effectiveness of new approaches to the organization of digital skills training of students in the course called information security risk management is shown.