The role of information in crisis management

The article emphasises that current conditions for monitoring and ensuring homeland security are increasingly complex. The complexity of many processes and their difficult conditions emphasise the need to make relatively quick decisions. Following this requirement, much more attention is being paid to improving the functioning of information systems. It was emphasised that the increasing amount of information is, on the one hand, a positive phenomenon, but on the other hand it is not always conducive to making a reasonably quick decision. It is necessary to strive to obtain, through various channels (methods), reliable information, which will be the basis for making decisions, dismissing security threats and (or) minimising their effects. It was emphasised that the path to achieving the objectives is different in each case; no universal methodology can be presented. In addition to the conditions, a number of proposals aimed at improving the activities of those in leadership roles and the functioning of crisis management teams are presented.