Authors - Mariusz Szynkiewicz Abstract - The protection of information resources is one of the central issues in contemporary information science, and one also significant from an IT perspective – particularly in the context of cybersecurity. In this article, I propose one possible approach to addressing this challenge. The proposal concerns the protection of information resources in a broad sense: from the stage of information acquisition and creation through to its distribution. In the following sections, I outline the main assumptions of a comprehensive model for the protection of information resources, discussed in the context of building the information resilience of participants in digitised information exchange processes, and in relation to issues associated with the concept of cyber hygiene. The central thesis of the article rests on the assumption that effective protection of information resources is possible only on the basis of an integrated model addressing the following procedures: (a) validation – the assessment of the level and value of a given resource; (b) threat identification – the logical level, scale, and types of vulnerability; (c) detailed analysis of the type of abuse – qualitative diagnosis; (d) selection of techniques and methods for counteracting a given class of attack – the methodological level; and (e) selection of possible corrective and preventive measures – the elements of cyber hygiene.
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