Information security as the concept of social and philosophical research

Abstract

In the paper social and philosophical approach to the research of information security is implemented. It is consideredthat protection of data is connected with the restriction of access to it. However, the information security has appearedduring an era of openness and globalization. The author has made an attempt to trace the changes of the role andfunction of information in the society in the context of globalized world. During the research such methods asdescriptive, retrospective and comparative are used. The conclusion is drawn that this contrast is caused by the fact thatthe concept of information security understands information at the same time as reflection of reality and as characterset out of reality.