Ensuring students’ information security in the process of using the project method in foreign language teaching at the university

In contemporary conditions of globalization, there is a general informatization in all spheres of society. Informatization of the learning process has become the dominant direction in the modernization of the national system of higher education. The introduction of new information and communication technologies in the educational process leads to the emergence of completely new types of information threats and risks, ignoring which leads to destabilization of the learning process and students’ mental and physical health disorders. In this regard, ensuring information security is one of the main conditions for an effective educational process. Ensuring information security is based on the identification of real and potential threats in the information space. The classification of the main types of information threats is given. The identified threats, in conjunction with the provisions of the regulatory documents of the Russian Federation, provide for the development of a teacher’s competence in the field of information security. The content aspects of competence are revealed, which reflect the features of information threats and risks that are relevant at each stage of teaching. Based on the content aspects of competence, recommendations are formulated for teachers and students on ensuring information security as part of the process of foreign language teaching.