EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT OF «INFORMATION SECURITY» IN UKRAINIAN SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE (2014–2025)

Abstract

The article examines the transformation of the concept of “information security” in Ukrainian academic discourse over the period 2014–2025 – a timeframe encompassing the onset of the Russian Federation’s hybrid aggression, the annexation of Crimea, the armed conflict in the Donbas, and the full-scale invasion of 2022.
A periodization of the development of the conceptual apparatus of information security in Ukraine is proposed, identifying three key stages: the first (2014–2017) as the stage of recognizing information threats and the initial conceptualization; the second (2018–2021) as the stage of institutionalization and legal consolidation; and the third (2022–2025) as the stage of wartime transformation and conceptual rethinking. For each stage, the dominant theoretical approaches, key academic debates, and regulatory changes are analyzed.
The main trends in the evolution of the concept are identified: a shift from a narrow technocratic understanding of information security as cyber protection to a broad interdisciplinary interpretation as a systemic factor in safeguarding state sovereignty, social cohesion, and democratic values. It is substantiated that the full-scale war has acted as a catalyst for a qualitative shift in the conceptual framework, leading to the emergence of new categories such as “information resilience,” “information sovereignty,” and “wartime strategic communications.”