Some issues of improving the network of situational centers of the security and defense sector

Abstract

The paper deals with the main issues of creating situational centers. Making decisions in complex systems is a very complex problem that can be solved using decision support systems. Solving management tasks at the state level, forecasting, analyzing in conditions of hostilities and a state of emergency, overcoming the consequences of emergency situations are intersectoral. These tasks are solved through the work of experts and analysts on the technological basis of decision support systems functioning as the part of situational management systems in the form of situational centers. Situational centers of the security and defense sector are designed to make management decisions on a complex, multifunctional governance structure, elements of which are often poorly structured and insufficiently formalized. Input information is incomplete, ambiguous, sometimes contradictory. Thus, the determination of the functional and organizational principles for the creation and development of situational management systems, based on these principles, is an urgent task. Today, the most important task for government agencies is to improve the efficiency of management activities based on comprehensive monitoring of the current situation and prompt response to its changes. The complexity and unusualness of the tasks facing management structures determine the need for proper scientific, intellectual, information and analytical support for their solution. Therefore, summarizing the international experience of creating and using situational centers in management structures, the article proposes a substantiation of the organizational and functional structure and gives recommendations for improving the decision support technology, as well as directions and prerequisites for creating situational centers for public authorities in the security and defense sector. Approaches to achieving compatibility of their work in a single network are proposed, if necessary, and the modes of their functioning are identified.