Economic Security as an Element of Corporate Management

Abstract. The purpose of this study is to develop mechanisms to ensure the economic security of enterprises on the basis of identifying qualitative new patterns of its development, which are associated with digital transformation. The work uses methods of generalization, comparison, analysis and synthesis — to understand the essence and components of economic security; a graphic method — to visualize the conceptual model and mechanism for ensuring the economic security of the enterprise in conditions of digitalization; monographic methods — for in-depth research of the tasks set; abstract-logical methods for theoretical generalization of research results and formulation of conclusions and proposals. The mechanism for ensuring the economic security of enterprises on the basis of identifying qualitative new patterns of its development, the action of which allows to ensure the necessary level of economic security of the enterprise is suggested. The practical significance of the research lies in the development of methods for assessing the economic security of enterprises based on the calculation of relevant local indicators and a set of indicators that characterize various aspects of economic security (production, human resources, finance, environment, digitalization), which allows to develop timely measures to improve economic security in relevant areas. The originality lies in the justification of the structure of the functional components of the economic security of the enterprise and the justification of the need to calculate its level on the basis of the integral index in order to develop measures to improve it. The results of the study can be used for the formation of an effective system of economic security of the enterprise. Keywords: security, economic security, management, mechanism, enterprise, system, indicators of economic security. JEL Classification D02, M21 Formulas: 3; fig.: 2; tabl.: 3; bibl.: 17.