PRINCIPLES OF ENSURING ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE ENTERPRISE BASED ON "WEAK SIGNALS"

The operating environment of Ukrainian enterprises is characterized by high dynamism, which actualizes the need to improve security activities. The created systems of economic security are focused on the protection of corporate resources and the elimination of the consequences of the implementation of threats, which cannot ensure high effectiveness of security activities. The issue of the application of preventive measures cannot be resolved due to the lack of the necessary technologies to create the necessary information base. The purpose of the study is to clarify the essence of “weak signals” as a necessary basis for improving the effectiveness of the actions of security entities in the current conditions of ensuring the economic security of the enterprise. In order to form the basis of a better provision of information needs of security subjects, the following methods were applied: induction and deduction, comparison and systematization – in the study of the essential characteristics of the term “weak signals”; synthesis and analysis – in the course of comparing the advantages and necessary additional changes in the information provision, which arise due to the use of weak signals; morphological analysis – to clarify the content of the main procedures within the technology of recognition and use of weak signals; graphic – for visual representation of theoretical and methodical material; abstractlogical – for theoretical generalizations and research conclusions. It is substantiated that prevention of the occurrence or timely inhibition of the development of a certain threat is possible in case of detection and use of weak signals. The improvement of competitive positions can be facilitated by leadership in the use of new opportunities, which requires recognition of relevant weak signals. Based on the urgent need, the basic principles of the use of “weak signals” in the course of ensuring the economic security of the enterprise were formed. The author’s approach involves the creation and application, within the framework of information and analytical support, of technology for recognizing and using weak signals, which includes a certain sequence of procedures (reception; recognition and classification; tracking of changes in content, frequency and signal strength; analysis of changes in the information field; development of change scenarios security situation). The use of the developed technology makes it possible to obtain a time reserve, and therefore to apply anticipatory measures with a corresponding improvement in the effectiveness of the actions of security entities.