Peculiarities of Civil Law Provision for Cybersecurity of Educational Organizations

Abstract

In the modern period of development of the processes of globalization and digitalization of the economy, Russian organizations engaged in educational activities are not directly related to the subjects of critical information infrastructure (CII). In turn, this is a certain shortcoming of the Federal Law No. 187-ФЗ dated July 26, 2017 «On the Security of Critical Information Infrastructure of the Russian Federation». This is of particular importance due to the growing number of cyber threats, including in relation to subjects of educational activity. The subject of the research is the main approaches to civil law regulation of the issues of ensuring the cybersecurity of organizations carrying out educational activities and their collaborators, primarily in order to safely use the results of educational services. The research methodology is based on the definition and disclosure of the basic rules of legal support for cyber security issues in general and the educational environment as well. The scientific novelty of the study is determined by the civil law approaches proposed by the author to the local regulatory support of cybersecurity of the subjects of educational activities. The paper also conducts a comparative legal study of the fundamental regulatory legal acts in the field of ensuring the security of a number of industrialized countries of the world.