Cyberthreats as a Component of Threats in the Contemporary World a Legal Aspect

In their paper the authors studied legal understanding of cyber threats in the contemporary world The emphasis was placed on the fact thatthere is no definition of cyber threats at both the international and domestic levels which leads to adverse consequences The authors suggested their own perception of a cyber threat illegal punishable acts of subjects of information legal relations that create a danger to vital interests of man society and the state as a whole fulfillment of which depends on proper operation of information telecommunication and information telecommunication systems as well as to relations associated with information production collection acquisition storage use dissemination protection and security It is stated that the essence of cyber threatsconsists in their sources that is in subjects of information legal relations while information is their direct target Information interventions pose a major threat to cybersecurity It was noted that threats can be both internal and external To develop an effective mechanism able to counter cyber threatsto Ukraine it is suggested taking current practices of foreign countries and the international community as a model and bringing them in line with the Ukrainian realities