Scientific Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

In the modern world, cyberspace remains a place where the number of special military operations and confrontations is constantly increasing every year. An important component of the national cyber security system of any country in the world remains the state-guaranteed cyber defense which means a set of political, economic, social, military, scientific, scientific and technical, information, organizational and legal and other activities carried out in cyberspace and aimed at ensuring the defense of the sovereignty and defense capability of the state, preventing armed aggression. Therefore, in this article the author emphasize that there is an urgent need to accelerate the improvement of national legislation in accordance with the present challenges and application potential of the Internet to meet the challenges of armed struggle, which involves the active reformation of management systems by the relevant security sector; ordering the regulatory field, which should ensure the integrity of state policy in this area; active explanatory work among the population regarding possible risks as a result of cyber-threats; increasing the number of relevant departments involved in cyber defense system; the development of their own samples of cyber weapons and conducting trial cybernetic attacks, strikes in cyberspace; strengthening control over national cyberspace.