Preface The International Research and Practice Conference “Information Technologies and Security” is annually held by Institute for Information Recording of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The collection includes selected papers presented at the XVI International Scientific and Practical Conference "Information Technologies and Security" (ITS-2016, December 1, 2016, Kiev, Ukraine). The proceedings devoted to creation and implementation of information technologies, current problems of technological and legal support of information and cybersecurity, counteracting informational operations and cyberterrorism, conducting research studies based on analysis of Internet content. The proceedings would be useful for specialists in the field of information technologies, information security, information law, as well as for postgraduate students and for university students in the relevant specialties. Aleksandr G. Dodonov Dmitry V. Lande ITS-2016 Conference Editors The editorial board of the conference: Aleksandr G. Dodonov, Dr.Eng., Professor, Institute for Information Recording of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Aleksandr M. Bogdanov, Dr.Eng., Professor, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine Vladimir V. Golenkov, Dr.Eng., Professor, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Republic of Belarus Dmitry V. Lande, Dr.Eng., Institute for Information Recording of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Vladimir V. Mokhor, Dr.Eng., Professor, Pukhov Institute for Modelling in Energy Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Nikolay A. Ozhevan, Dr. Phil., Professor, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine Vitaliy V. Tsyganok, Dr.Eng., Institute for Information Recording of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Vladimir N. Furashev, Ph.D., National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine Elena S. Gorbachyk, Ph.D., Institute for Information Recording of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Marina G. Kuznetsova, Ph.D., Institute for Information Recording of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine