Criminal law support for information security: Issues of theory and practice

The study analysed the criminal law mechanism for ensuring information security as one of the key elements of the national security of the State. The study aimed to conduct research on criminal law provision of information security in the context of modern challenges of the digital environment and to identify the areas for improvement of criminal law for effective response to information threats. It was done by looking at national and foreign laws, court cases, and stats on cybercrime, as well as using systematic, comparative, and formal legal analysis. Key threats to information security that have become widespread in Kyrgyzstan and abroad were identified, including unauthorised interference in information systems, illegal collection of personal data and dissemination of harmful content. A comparative legal analysis of the criminal legislation of Germany, France, the USA, Poland and Kyrgyzstan was conducted to identify effective approaches to criminalisation and punishment of the relevant offences. The study established that the model of criminal law protection needs to be updated with due regard to international experience in terms of distinguishing cybersecurity offences and improving the qualifying features. It has been established that the current criminal legislation of Kyrgyzstan needs further adaptation to modern challenges in the field of digital technologies in order to improve the classification of acts related to interference in information systems and differentiate liability. The practical significance of the results is determined by the formulation of proposals for improving legislation and the application of criminal law means to improve the effectiveness of information security protection at both the national and international levels