Education in the field of national information security in the Russian federation and abroad

In the present article author conducts research of current issues of training and education in the field of national information security in the Russian Federation and abroad in the context of globalization. Author analyzes current legal framework, analyzes opinions of scientists and specialists. Author marks out the place and role of new scientific and educational specialty-Information Law, given an opinion on the relevance of its occurrence. Author notes that each year, with the introduction of new technologies, increased levels of Informatization and computerization, there are now more issues of state (national) and collective information security. Solving these issues is impossible without ensuring an adequate level of training of new professionals, as well as timely retraining of skills of already working employees. This requires further comprehensive work on organization and implementation of specialized educational programs of the new generation. During the research author analyzes opinions of scientists from different countries, representing different scientific schools. © 2015 Alexander A. Galushkin.