Throughout the existence of humanity, society has developed. It is well known that in its development it went through three stages: agriculture with predominance of agriculture and manual labor, industrial with a dominance of industry and post-industrial. All developed countries have already moved to the third state, being specified by dominance in the service sector economy and the emergence of information and computer technology, which has meant a significant simplification of the lives of the people living in these countries. In other words, we started living in a consumer society. The use of a computer, internet and mobile phones can already be considered "consumption", in which case the digital economy can be represented as that part of the economic relations that is mediated by the internet, mobile communications and ICT. It is necessary to expand the perception and include in it a chain of goods and services that are provided using digital technologies, including concepts such as: Internet of Things, IoT, Industry 4.0, a smart factory, fifth generation communications networks, IT services. engineering for prototyping, etc. In forming the legislative framework for digitizing the most varied areas of society, all decisions should be taken for the informational security of the state, business and citizens.