DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL COMPETENCES OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN INFORMATION SECURITY AT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Digital transformation of modern society causes higher education to develop both universal
and professional digital competencies of students. This is critical for the future specialists in the
field of information security, as their training has some specific features, which determine the relevance
of this article. The goal of the research is to justify the development of digital competencies
of information security students in the context of Education 4.0 paradigm and the national
program for the development of digital economy. The theoretical significance of the study is the
clarification of the concept of digital competencies, trends and the possible consequences of their
development in Russian and foreign practice. The scientific novelty is in identifying the features
and problems of the development of digital competencies of information security specialists, as
well as in substantiating the prospective possibilities of these problems overcoming in training
information security students at university. The effectiveness of new approaches to the organization
of digital skills training of students in the course called information security risk management
is shown.