Abstract
The main purpose of the article is to identify the challenge of «information war» at the present stage for the security of Kazakhstan. The main purpose of the implementation of influence, through manipulation, is management. For this purpose, information and psychological influence is applied, through influence on society, using the Internet and modern techniques, which entails correction of human behavior. With the advent of the Internet, manipulation has become a socially significant phenomenon. The state, society and the person him-/herself are the main subjects. The article defines the main directions of the functioning of the information confrontation: countering disinformation should be a priority in the formation of foreign policy and national security, the propaganda of the national threat is considered. The conclusions drawn as a result of the work allow us to investigate and study the effects of information in the process of information warfare.