MODERN CHALLENGES TO UKRAINE’S NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE FACE OF DIGITAL CHALLENGES: STATE AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31470/2786-6246-2025-12-116-123Keywords:
public administration, national security, information security, cybersecurity, challenges to national security, digital transformation, reformationAbstract
The article systematizes modern challenges to Ukraine's national security in the face of digital transformation, in particular: cyber threats from aggressor states; information and psychological operations; insufficient cybersecurity of critical infrastructure; threat to digital sovereignty; insufficient legal and institutional framework; low digital literacy and security culture; challenges to national identity; problems of digital inequality and marginalization; corruption risks in the field of digital transformations; critical dependence on foreign technologies; digital challenges for defense and security; imperfection of mechanisms for international digital interaction; problem of personnel shortage in the field of cyber defense.
The author substantiates the development and implementation of a holistic digital strategy, which should become a system-forming instrument of state policy in the field of national security. Such a strategy should not only outline the general directions of the country's digital transformation, but also be deeply integrated into all critical areas of state functioning – security, economy, education, healthcare, defense and foreign policy. In this context, the digital strategy should be considered not as a separate document or a set of technological initiatives, but as an integrated framework of public administration, combining institutional, legal, technological, personnel and international components. An important aspect of modern public administration in the context of digital transformations is the development of digital diplomacy as a tool of foreign policy activity, which allows Ukraine to strengthen its positions in the international arena, build systemic interaction with European and transatlantic partners, as well as form common approaches to regulating behavior in cyberspace. It is important that the state not only protects against digital attacks, but also forms a capable, flexible and innovative digital environment that will serve as a platform for long-term development. Strategic management in the face of digital challenges should become the engine of modernization of the entire public administration system, ensuring its adaptability to new technological, geopolitical and social realities.
References
Novikova, N. & Boiko, L. (2024). Tsyfrovizatsiia ta natsionalna bezpeka: tendentsii ta vyklyky [Digitalization and national security: trends and challenges]. Natsionalna bezpeka: pravo ta ekonomika – National security: law and economics, 1 (1), 72–77. http://doi.org/10.51369/3083-5917-2024-1-8 [in Ukrainian].
Dombrovskyi, L.V. (2024). Informatsiina bezpeka derzhavy u systemi natsionalnoi bezpeky Ukrainy [Information security of the state in the national security system of Ukraine]. Visnyk natsionalnoho universytetu tsyvilnoho zakhystu Ukrainy – Bulletin of the National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine. Retrieved from http://repositsc.nuczu.edu.ua/bitstream/123456789/20339/1/12Dombrovskyi.pdf [in Ukrainian].
Havryltsiv, M.T. (2020). Informatsiina bezpeka derzhavy v systemi natsionalnoi bezpeky Ukrainy [Information security of the state in the national security system of Ukraine]. Yurydychnyi naukovyi zhurnal – Legal Scientific Journal, 2, 200–203 [in Ukrainian].
Leonenko, N.A. & Postupna, O.V. (2022). Informatsiina bezpeka Ukrainy: mekhanizmy, suchasni vyklyky ta zahrozy v umovakh informatsiinoho hlobalizmu [Information security of Ukraine: mechanisms, modern challenges and threats in the conditions of information globalism]. Visnyk Natsionalnoho universytetu tsyvilnoho zakhystu Ukrainy. Ser.: Derzhavne upravlinnia – Bulletin of the National University of Civil Defense of Ukraine. eries: State Administration, 2 (17). Retrieved from http://repositsc.nuczu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16883 [in Ukrainian].
Shemchuk, V.V. (2020). Zabezpechennia informatsiinoi bezpeky yak funktsiia suchasnykh derzhav: porivnialno-pravovyi analiz: monohrafiia [Ensuring information security as a function of modern states: comparative legal analysis: monograph]. Kyiv: Lira-K [in Ukrainian].
Tkach, M., Yasenko, S., Boiko, R. & Drynov, D. (2021). Rol i mistse system avtomatyzatsii ta informatyzatsii v rozvytku potentsialu sektoru bezpeky ta oborony [The role and place of automation and informatization systems in the development of the potential of the security and defense sector]. Social Development and Security – Social Development and Security, 11 (2), 222–230 [in Ukrainian].
Zalievska, I.I. & Udrenas, H.I. (2022). Informatsiina bezpeka v Ukraini v umovakh rosiiskoi viiskovoi ahresii [Information security in Ukraine under conditions of Russian military aggression]. Pivdennoukrainskyi pravnychyi chasopys – South Ukrainian Law Journal, 1, 20–26 [in Ukrainian].
Puhachov, O.I. (2024). Problemy zabezpechennia informatsiinoi bezpeky Ukrainy v suchasnykh umovakh [Problems of ensuring information security in Ukraine under modern conditions]. Problemy suchasnykh transformatsii. Seriia: pravo, publichne upravlinnia ta administruvannia – Problems of modern transformations. Series: law, public management and administration, 12. https://doi.org/10.54929/2786-5746-2024-12-02-15 [in Ukrainian].
