Trends in the digitalization impact on the economic security of the region

Abstract

This work aims at studying digitalization trends affecting the economic security of the region. The object of the study is a region considered from the perspective of economic security. The subject is digitalization trends that have a multidirectional impact on the economic security of the region. The main digitalization trends affecting the economic security of the region are identified: the development of the digital economy, including digital business models; increasing the importance of intellectual capital and innovation potential; distribution of network forms of interaction among entities; formation of information threats to economic security; development of digital tools for managing the economic security of the region. During the study, the following effects for the economic security of the region were discovered: the emergence of new economic structures and development trends; the formation of threats caused by the development of digital technologies; the emergence of new opportunities and benefits from digitalization; the presence of threats that impede the development of digitalization at the regional level.