Contemporary Trends in the Development of Information Security and Computer Virology

The information and its security were subject of special attention throughout the ages. All achievements in this area were highly appreciated and were finding immediate application. During the past years, the development of the contemporary society is correlated with the continuously growing information activity. The information accumulation and its movement through the Internet environment are the next challenge to not only to information security, but also to broader aspects of societal security. In these conditions the notion of information security becomes a basic instrument for evaluating the risks for an information unit. One of the main effects on the information security of a given information object stem from computer viruses and their derivatives. The science of Computer Virology emerges as a response to these challenges. It deals with analysis and synthesis of virus signatures used by the anti virus programs for detection, blocking and removal of the computer viruses. In the contemporary information society the computer virology turns into one of the most important agents for mastering of the ―malicious thinking‖ and for guaranteeing the necessary information security.