Criminal Liability Arising from the Violation of Information Security

There is no doubt that information and its technologies are the fruits of development in all areas of life, especially in light of the tremendous scientific revolution witnessed in the world in the field of information technology, so that information has become at present a force, value and a means to achieve political, economic and social goals, especially for those who are better collected, coordinated and used.In addition, new forms of attacks that threaten and disturb the security of information have emerged illegally or unlawfully, including those that violate the basic elements of information security by violating the inviolability of information or data. This is what we discussed in this paper by dividing it into two subjects devoted to the concept of information security. Second, we show the forms of criminal responsibility arising from the violation of information security.