Digital Threats Analysis

Abstract

Our ubiquitous world is changing rapidly under the influence of digital transformation and serious preparation for new challenges and threats is required The composition of the latter is constantly changing due to the development and improvement of computing equipment, software and technologies for collecting, processing and storing information. Under these conditions, the relevance of research work on topics related to the assessment of possible threats in the digital economy is increasing. An additional factor of influence is changes in the digital information structure, the transition to remote (home) work of users and others. Modern society increasingly relies on robotic and digital operations instead of human labor. All this puts the information and communication resources of the state and individual firms at risk of hacker attacks and software abuse. This paper examines the historical aspects of the development of program abuse as the basis of modern digital threats to the individual, society, and the state. JEL: D74 D81 F52; DOI: https://doi.org/10.58861/tae.pcesetfc.2024.39