Conceptual model of choice of hardware and software protection

The need to protect information in organizations of any level is absolutely obvious today. The development of new information technologies and universal computerization have led to the fact that information protection and information security become one of the main tasks of the organization and characteristics of the information system. With the development and complexity of technical means, methods and forms of automation of information processing processes, the vulnerability of information protection increases. The main factors contributing to this are: high growth in the volume of processed information using various automation tools; expansion of the circle of users who have direct access to the resources of the computer system and the data stored in it; complication of the modes of operation of technical means [Schneier, 2003].Software and hardware protection measures are based on the use of modern technical electronic devices and special programs that are part of the organization’s automated system and are performed independently or in conjunction with other security features [Schneier, 2003; Mitnick, Simon, 2005; Konheim, 2007].This article deals with the problem of choosing information security tools when developing an information security system and the formulated model can be used in most systems of hardware and software protection of information in a local computer system.The comparative analysis reveals some significant operational features from the authors point of view of the two information security systems, each of which has its own strengths and, if applied correctly, can provide a high level of information security.

information security, security tools, information security, hardware and software protection