Theoretical and methodological bases of threats. The method of security management support

This paper presents a new formulation of (approach to) threat analysis and management of security understood in a wide sense. Threats have been analyzed in a wide theoretical-methodological spectrum. Particular emphasis is put on the need for the system-wide analysis of threats, especially taking into account social (sociological), psychological (psychology of the crowd) and religious aspects. A method supporting security management is proposed, using two-person zero-sum games to model situations of conflict. The matrix, infinite, logical and topological forms of such games are considered