Semko O. Information technology for information risk management in projects of digital transformation of business

The dissertation study solves the actual scientific and applied task of developing and improving existing models and methods of information risk management in projects of digital transformation of business in order to increase the effectiveness of managing these risks, which will contribute to the success of the project implementation. To determine the research task, an analysis of the features of digital transformation projects, modern models and methods of information risk management, information technologies that are widely used in project activities, identified and analyzed groups of information risks inherent in digital transformation projects was carried out. The expediency of improving information risk management models and methods is substantiated, and the direction of further research is determined. The work noted that digital transformation is an effective tool for competitiveness and sustainable development of the economy, which requires constant monitoring and control of risks, in particular, information risks. Definitions for understanding the essence of digital transformation were reviewed and it was shown that digital transformation is a large-scale project that combines software and organizational solutions. The analysis of information technologies for managing business processes in organizations used in the process of digital transformation showed a variety of software products for the development and management of business processes, the choice of which is determined by the relevance of the task and the practical activities of the customer. The paper shows that information risks that often accompany the process of digital transformation lead to the loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information in the company, which is extremely important and relevant today. The question to what extent the success of digital transformation projects depends on the correctly selected information risk management methodology is also investigated. The author presents a developed software product for the Windows operating system that implements the approaches and solutions for information management in projects of digital business transformation proposed in this paper. The practical significance of the obtained results is confirmed by their implementation in the processes of information risk management in the projects of digital transformation of business in various companies of Ukraine and in the educational process of the Cherkasy State University of Technology. Using the models and methods of information risk management proposed by the author increases the probability of success of digital business transformation projects.