Information sphere of a commercial enterprise in the light of the information security doctrine of the Russian Federation of 2016

The purpose of the research. The article considers the admissibility of the category of information sphere in relation to the subject of economic activity from the point of view of the information security doctrine of the Russian Federation. The substantiation of the prospect of forming the information sphere of an economic entity as a single object that unites its elements connected with a single purpose is presented. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need and admissibility of considering the information sphere of a business entity as a construct that allows the owner of information to increase the protection of its rights. Results. The author concludes that the category of information sphere, if sufficiently elaborated, can be eventually introduced into circulation as an object that unites the elements of the information sphere that perform a single task and are technologically connected. The introduction of such an object into civil turnover is possible at the initial stage by means of clarifications of the highest judicial instance. The prospect of putting the information sphere into circulation will be made based on the results of an in-depth study of its elements, as well as the nature and features of the links between such elements, primarily within the system. Acquisition of the information sphere to the status of an object of civil rights will depend on the qualification of its elements as objects of civil rights. The speed of increasing relevance and the need to determine the legal status of the information sphere will depend on the rate of increase in the number of economic entities actively using digital technologies.