Author(s): Anna Zueva, Mariya Troyanskaya, Ainura Zhakhmetova LN, Andrey Brodunov, Iurii Rychagov, Darya Musatova, Angela Mottaeva, Svetlana Anzorova, Madina Kharesova
At the moment, due to the widespread development of technologies and informatization of the activities of state bodies, the introduction and use of unified registers of data on the population is more than ever a relevant tool that contributes to the transformation of the state into an information state of a post–industrial type. The register allows you to obtain complete and reliable information about citizens, increases the efficiency and quality of public services provided to the population and has a positive impact on the development of budget policy by providing more information for making socially significant financial government decisions. This article is devoted to topical issues related to the use of the population register by the state in the process of governing the country. The article provides an economic justification for the advantages of having a register in the structure of the state apparatus, looks into the issues related to security maintenance while storing and processing the data from the register, and for clarity provides examples of cyber-attacks on government databases. After a thorough analysis and study of problematics of this field, the authors proposed measures to minimize the possible risks associated with the leakage of data from the register, as well as measures to ensure the security of the population register and to prevent hacker attacks on the information systems of the state, in particular for the purpose of stealing personal data of citizens.