REGIONAL ECONOMIC SECURITY BASED ON DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND CLASSIFICATION OF THREATS
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Author(s): | Zorin G. E., |
| Number of journal: | 3(76) | Date: | September 2026 |
| Annotation: | This article examines aspects of ensuring regional economic security through transformation and the threats it poses. It addresses the process of economic transformation. The author substantiates the need to revise existing approaches to regional security in light of the intensive implementation of information and communications technologies, the blurring of industry boundaries, and the emergence of a new geography of economic entities. The paper formulates the author’s interpretation of the concept of regional economic security through digital transformation and proposes a classification of threats. The study aims to identify threats generated by the digital environment and define the contours of regional security. The current focus is on modifying information links between entities and their impact on the regional system. The need to shift from a compensatory approach to a preventive model of responding to economic security risks is emphasized. The emerging risk of regional dependence on high-tech companies and their logistics centers is also noted. The dynamic expansion of the spectrum of threats to regional economic security requires a rethinking of the fundamentals of the conceptual framework and the classification of threats. The study utilizes a logical-conceptual modeling approach, taking into account the current economic situation and examples of sanctions pressure, which have significantly altered the pace of digital transformation of the information and communications infrastructure. It also highlights the potential for cross-sector chain reactions, increased regional economic dependence on large digital platforms, and the social benefits of automation. The results of this study can be applied by federal and regional government bodies in developing digital security strategies and mitigating threats resulting from regional digital transformation. | ||
| Keywords: | digital transformation, digital divide, information and communication technologies, economic security, digital environment, economic space, cybersecurity, regional economic system, digital modifications, platform economy |
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| For citation: | Zorin G. E. Regional economic security based on digital transformation: conceptual framework and classification of threats. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;3(76):124—131. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2026.76.1725. |
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