Cyberspace in a risk society

The dynamic processes of modernization have affected the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of an unprecedented social transformation. It can be said that man has entered into hitherto unknown realms of abstraction. One of its dimensions is cyberspace with attributes that elude previous identifiers of physical three-dimensional space. The highly dynamized processes of technological progress have situated societies in new dimensions of risk. The likelihood of positive or negative events has been etiologically linked to the effects of „producing”, processing, storing, and transmitting the information. This article aims to analyze the factors justifying the crystallization of a risk society, a key identifier of which is cyberspace, the associated risks, and security measures in the context of shaping cybersecurity