Information Security as an Object of Protection from Aggressive Information Influenc

Abstract

The article proposes to consider information security as a threecomponent object, which includes the protection of useful information from external influence, the availability of reliable information to ensure the normal functioning of state institutions and the life of citizens, and the protection of a person from aggressive or destructive information impact. The main attention is paid to the last aspect. There are two mechanisms of protection: a personal information filter based on the correct understanding of the value hierarchy and forced restriction of information flows by the state. Neither mechanism is currently fully operational: the subjective value hierarchy of a large number of people does not correspond to the objective picture of the world, and the state has not yet learned to either control or limit information flows. The information environment in Russia is very heterogeneous, a huge amount of destructive information is in the public domain. The possibility of generating and disseminating such information is almost unlimited. But awareness of the problem has already appeared and attempts to build information barriers both in the direction of educating the correct moral guidelines and in the direction of control and regulation of information flows in Russia are being undertaken.