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 XVIII International
Scientific and Practical Conference "Information Technologies and Security" (ITS-2018,
November 27, 2018, Kyiv, Ukraine).
        Selected conference papers cover such issues as critical infrastructure cyber-security,
open source-based information and analytical research technologies, ontological approach,
semantic networks, decision-making support, computer modeling of processes and systems,
relevant problems of technological support of information and cybernetic security.
        The proceedings would be useful for specialists of information technologies, information
security, as well as for Ph.D. students and senior-year students of higher educational
establishments of respective profiles.

                                                                           Aleksandr Dodonov
                                                                    ITS-2018 Conference Editor
                  Program committee of the conference:
      Aleksandr Dodonov, Dr.Eng., Professor, Institute for Information Recording of National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
       Dmitry Lande, Dr.Eng., Institute for Information Recording of National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
         Wlodzimierz Khadzhynov, Dr.Eng., Professor, Technical University of Koszalin,
Poland
       Vitaliy Tsyganok, Dr.Eng., Institute for Information Recording of National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
       Andrei Snarskii, Dr.Phys.-Math.Sci., National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor
Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Ukraine
       Oleg Chertov, Dr.Eng., Professor, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor
Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Ukraine