Management of Digital Data Security in the Context of Users' Awareness of Computer Attacks

Digital data protection is a key element of the confidentiality of every institution today. This is due to the fact that all documentation is migrated to digital form, which is a natural course of things because it simplifies and speeds up the work. The aim of the study was to analyze the public sector employees' awareness of computer threats. The paper presents the results of surveys were carried out to correctly identify phishing and malware threats. The users' knowledge of IT security policy and the frequency of work in institutions with such a document was analyzed. The role of IT security policy was indicated in the process of digital data security management. The obtained results indicate that the knowledge of public sector employees in the field of digital data security is still insufficient. The most popular threats related to accessing digital data or violating the integrity of such data were presented.