METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING COMPREHENSIVE DAMAGES FROM AN INFORMATION SECURITY INCIDENT

Security incidents can have significant economic consequences for public authorities. To mitigate the economic impact of cybersecurity incidents, public authorities must invest in robust countermeasures, and collaboration with other government agencies, private sector partners, and international organizations can help increase resilience and response capacity to cyber attacks. The article uses the analysis of various vulnerabilities and the mechanism of transformation into a security incident, as well as analyzed approaches to monitoring existing threats and methods of countering them. International and national organizations and associations can act as data sources. Results from various reports are aggregated depending on the field of work of a certain organization and its form of ownership. Consideration of the mechanics of the transition of vulnerabilities into security incidents allows the creation of formalized models for audit systems and analysis of detected incidents or real-time monitoring. One of the main criteria is the assessment of cyber security risks. The publication proposes a method that takes into account the interrelationship of system components and allows takin