Protection of information resources as an integral part of economic security of the enterprise

Abstract

Purpose. To build a mathematical model and algorithms for optimizing the losses that the company may suffer from information threats and the costs necessary to prevent these losses. Methodology. General and special methods of cognition were used to perform scientific research: comparative analysis, logical generalization and systematization, mathematical abstraction, system-oriented analysis. Findings. A mathematical model and optimization algorithms are proposed for using an improved methodological approach to the formation of information security of the enterprise in terms of minimizing costs and losses. This allows one not only to analyze threats and determine the weight of factors influence but also to determine effective tactics and strategies to minimize their consequences. Originality. During the research, a mathematical model and algorithms of optimization of losses from information threats and expenses of the enterprise for their neutralization are created. It also allows us to predict the likely consequences of probable threats. Methodological approaches to the formation of the optimal level of costs to maintain the appropriate level of security have been improved. It is shown that the analysis of information risks and threats of assessment of financial and economic stability of the enterprise to information danger should be accompanied by comparison in a dynamic mode of the corresponding economic indicators. The introduction of a methodological approach to comparing the real and optimal values of the integrated indicator of resilience allows managers to assess trends and directions of projected information threats and the need to allocate sufficient resources for protection. Practical value. The results of the study can be used by practitioners to implement effective management of information risks and neutralize their impact on economic indicators of the enterprise and by scientists to develop strategies and methods to neutralize information threats to financial and economic stability, production and economic stability and organizational and economic stability, the latest methods of enterprise risk management.