Diversification as codified digital administrative and legal management system: interinfrastructural provision of the information capital

The article examines diversification as a system of administrative and legal management in the intersectoral provision of digitalization in Ukraine, which expands the semantic relationship between law and economics in the modern quantum-electronic world. Diversification is shown as a legal policy of the world order, which is due to a planned and creative relationship to protect the legal needs and interests of the individual, the state and society. This paper analyzes the prospects of diversification as a digital codification system of administrative and legal management in the inter-infrastructure of information capital. This article is devoted to highlighting the diversification mechanism for the implementation of current legislation in the field of critical infrastructure protection.

Left in the Dark: Obstacles to Studying and Performing Critical Infrastructure Protection

This paper highlights major methodological obstacles to studying and performing critical infrastructure protection (CIP) in general and CIP governance in particular. The study simultaneously examines a research project on and practice in the context of Swedish CIP. The complex planning approach of interest is called Styrel, a Swedish acronym for Steering Electricity to prioritised power consumers. It aims to identify and prioritise power consumers of societal importance, collectively referred to as critical infrastructure (CI), to provide an emergency response plan for the event of a national power shortage. Methodologically, the investigation uses material from document studies, interviews and a survey, which involved many actors from the Swedish case. For the analysis of the methodological obstacles, this study applies an abstracted research and development process that encompasses four steps: data collection, data assessment, decision-making and evaluation. The paper mutually maps the insights from the research project to the empirical evidence from the case study. Through this reflective analysis, the findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges that significantly impede research and practice in the context of national and international CIP, for example, insufficient information sharing and knowledge exchange among parties, a lack of integrated and advanced methods, and uncertainty in policies that induces a variety of local approaches. In addition, since empirical research on implemented CIP plans is limited, this paper addresses this gap. It reveals five general obstacles for both research and practice: a) the access to high-quality data, b) the loss of knowledge over time, c) the interpretation and evaluation of processes and methods, d) the transferability and comparability of data, results and insights; whereas all culminate in 5) a lack of collective intelligence. The accumulation of these obstacles hinders a detailed assessment of decision-making for CIP and its consequences on society. For this reason, this study emphasises the need for enhancing mutual understanding among the various parties in the area of CIP while respecting relevant security issues when inventing novel methods that facilitate collective intelligence.

Strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure: domestic realities and international cooperation

The article emphasizes that the creation of a state system of critical infrastructure protection requires legal regulation of the basic principles of its operation, the introduction of common approaches to the management of system facilities at the state and local levels, defining the principles of interaction between state bodies and society. and citizens. Specific problematic aspects of the sphere of critical infrastructure protection in the process of reform are considered, among which: lack of a unified national system of critical infrastructure protection; insufficiency and inconsistency of normative-legal regulation on protection of systems and objects of critical infrastructure; lack of a state body responsible for coordinating actions in the field of critical infrastructure protection, uncertainty of powers, tasks and responsibilities of central executive bodies and other state bodies in the field of critical infrastructure protection, as well as rights, duties and responsibilities of owners (managers) critical infrastructure; underdeveloped public-private partnership in the field of critical infrastructure protection and uncertainty of sources of funding for critical infrastructure protection measures, insufficient level of international cooperation in the field of critical infrastructure protection. Some issues of strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure in the context of cooperation with IFI`s have been studied. The authors consider the financing of infrastructure development projects implemented in Ukraine through borrowings raised by Ukraine from international partners, including the EBRD, the World Bank, KfW and others. The need to adopt the draft Law of Ukraine “On Critical Infrastructure” № 5219 was emphasized. To support the critical infrastructure protection management system, it is proposed to adopt a Critical Infrastructure Protection Management Strategy for the medium term until 2025, which will form the basis for sustainable and inclusive development of the critical infrastructure protection system and the national economy in general.