INFORMATION SECURITY IN THE SOCIAL AND LABOR SPHERE: CHALLENGES OF ECONOMY DIGITALIZATION

Abstract

The introduction of digital technologies in business has radically changed the workplace, having transformed the content, nature, work process and forms of its organization, as well as the interaction between the subjects of social and labor relations. It has made the issue of information security in the social and labor sphere acute. The purpose of the article is to study the conceptual, legal basis for the implementation of information security in the social and labor sphere in the formation of national digital economy and substantiate strategic directions for minimizing information threats in the social and labor sphere. The article examines the features of the formation and implementation of information security in the social and labor sphere in the transition of the national economy to digital form. The main causes that result in reducing information security in the context of economy digitalization are identified. A gap in the digital competencies of human capital carriers is revealed. The imbalance is considered to be the result of mismatch between skill levels that shape digital competence. Insufficient level of digital culture among population is identified as a threat to information security. The expansion of digital culture components is offered. The separation of two planes of information security in the social and labor sphere is substantiated. The first one is the protection of personal data of employees as well as the work platform entities, with the latter having a higher level of danger. The second one is the protection of information data, such as the result of work in the form of information and intellectual property rights. The main risks in the first plane are illegal seizure of work results and infringement of employee’s or executor’s copyrights. The second plane is characterized by the misuse of employees’ or executors’ personal data. Strategic directions of strengthening information security in the field of social and labor relations under the conditions of national economy digitalization are offered. The main directions of improving information security are identified: minimization of imbalance in skills that constitute digital competence; formation of digital culture in the field of social and labor relations; standardization of the status of labor platform subjects; regulation of compliance with intellectual property rights created in digital form.