Identification of new threats to the national security of the state

Identificación de nuevas amenazas a la seguridad nacional del Estado

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4178.23
Keywords: cyber warfare, deep forgery, cyber security, social engineering, cyber resilience

Abstract

The objective of the article was to identify new threats to the national security of countries and, at the same time, to determine the adaptation tasks related to their identification. The synergistic approach, comparative legal analysis methods and foresight were the main tools of this research. Manipulation actions involving deep forgeries are spreading rapidly. Autonomous weapons with artificial intelligence are used to create negative fake events. Criminal use of users’ smart devices to create a unique behavioural profile has been detected. New cyber threats to Ukraine’s national security during the military conflict are characterized by attempts to disrupt critical infrastructure. It is concluded that “cyber looting” has emerged with the use of social engineering methods. The activities of the Belgian Center for Cyber Security (CCB) are a positive example of the identification of new cyber threats in the countries of the European Union EU. Furthermore, CCB performs activities related to the identification, monitoring and analysis of online security issues. Coordination between relevant services and agencies, public authorities, private sector and academia is ensured.

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Author Biographies

Ivo Svoboda, University of Regional Development and Banking Institute, Prague, Czech Republic.

Associate Professor, Guarantor of Security Management Studies, Department of Security and Law, University of Regional Development and Banking Institute, AMBIS, a.s. Vyská škola, 180 00, Prague, Czech Republic.

Mykhailo Shevchuk, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.

Candidate of Science of Law, Doctoral Student, Department of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Financial Law, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, 29000, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.

Oleksandr Shamsutdinov, National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ph.D. in Law, Leading Researcher, Interagency Research Center on Problems of Combating Organized Crime at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, 03035, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Pavlo Lysianskyi, National University “Odesa Law Academy”, Odesa, Ukraine.

Graduate Student, Department of Political Theories, National University “Odesa Law Academy”, 65009, Odesa, Ukraine. 

Oleksii Voluiko, Kyiv Insitute of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Legal Support of the Activity of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kyiv Insitute of the National Guard of Ukraine, 3179, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Published
2023-07-23
How to Cite
Svoboda, I., Shevchuk, M., Shamsutdinov, O., Lysianskyi, P., & Voluiko, O. (2023). Identification of new threats to the national security of the state: Identificación de nuevas amenazas a la seguridad nacional del Estado. Political Questions, 41(78), 326-344. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4178.23
Issue
Vol. 41 No. 78 (2023): Cuestiones Políticas: Julio-Septiembre 2023
Section
Derecho Público

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