Cybersecurity concepts’ taxonomy

Based on the previously accepted taxonomy of concepts, a classification of concepts is proposed that is related to cybersecurity (CS) of objects and currently has the maximum unambiguous correspondence between the terms denoting these concepts and the concepts themselves. When constructing the classification, an attempt was made to apply the fundamentals of the taxonomy theory (systematics), the results of which led to the conclusion that the considered structures of concept systems will be hierarchical (the basic principle of taxonomy) under certain conditions (for example, when using only concepts that relate to the categories of the subject (object)), process, or property). The approach considered made it possible to form a group of terms directly related to the concepts from the proposed classification. This set can be considered as a terminology system related to the object’s CS. The proposed terms and their definitions do not contradict similar ones being used, but are distinguished by consistency in relation to the terms (definitions) themselves and corresponding concepts, and also have a universal application, which allows their use for almost any CS objects related to information (for example, information and automated systems, informatization systems, sociotechnical systems, cyber-physical systems and information as an object). The results obtained also have practical significance for education in the formation of a modern, methodologically sound conceptual base of students.