SECURE DISSEMINATION OF COMBAT COMMANDS IN HYBRID WARFARE

Topicality. Conducting hostilities in hybrid warfare, accompanied by the digitalization of command and control processes, requires new methods of secure transmission of combat orders and confidential information. The use of traditional automated combat control systems (ACCS) is insufficient due to their vulnerability to electronic countermeasures and limited applicability in support units. The subject of study in the article are methods of secure dissemination of combat commands in open and closed communication channels using multi-channel cryptography and post-quantum algorithms. The purpose of the article is to develop a new approach for secure transmission of classified information that ensures resistance to current and future cyber threats, minimizes interception risks, and optimizes financial and energy costs. The following results were obtained. A model of secure data dissemination based on the principle of “scattering” with multi-channel cryptography on flawed codes is proposed. The developed mechanism guarantees message recovery even in the case of partial fragment loss, increases resilience against interception, and reduces the probability of content disclosure. Comparative analysis demonstrates the advantages of post-quantum crypto-code structures, which combine protection and error correction, surpassing classical symmetric and elliptic-curve systems. Conclusions. The integration of post-quantum algorithms with flawed code-based cryptography enables the effective use of both open (mobile, wireless, Internet) and closed communication channels for transmitting combat orders. This provides a reliable foundation for enhancing the resilience of military command systems under hybrid warfare conditions.