Measures to Counter Cyber Terrorist Threats in the Conditions of Globalization of the Information Space

The purpose of this study was to study the problematic aspects of countering cyber terrorism threats in the context of the globalization of the information space. High technology has led to the transition of infrastructure to a new level of functioning, which has led to new threats to the national and international security system and has caused a range of negative geopolitical consequences. These threats are related to the use of high technology for criminal purposes, that is, the commission of cyber-terrorist attacks in the global information space, whose consequences are comparable to the use of weapons of mass destruction. The tasks of the study are to analyze the causes of the phenomenon favorable to the spread of this phenomenon. Thus, the improvement of global space predetermined the emergence of new communication opportunities and the development of the world community on the basis of a single socio-economic space - the main product of globalization and led to an increase in the threat of cyber-terrorist attacks. Advances in high technology have been a driving force for expanding the spread of cyber terrorism. Conclusions: we have established that technological progress, which is often ahead of speed, with which the state gives a response to its manifestation, creates serious difficulties for law enforcement officers in matters of legal evaluation in the qualification of cyber-terrorist crimes. The protection of personal data, commercial, banking and corporate secrets is also a serious problem against the background of the activation of information and telecommunications technologies. Hence, cyber attacks should be characterized by the irreversibility of their consequences, and the task of law enforcement is to develop measures to counter this phenomenon. Work in this direction, in our opinion, should begin with the definition of cyber security, which consists in the reliable operation of personal computers and the uninterrupted operation of software that will repel cyber-terrorist attacks. The task of the state is to ensure an adequate legal assessment of actions committed in global space, to increase responsibility for the placement of prohibited content, as well as to ensure the organizational and legal regulation of illegal activities in this area.

cyber terrorism, threat, global information space, high technology