This paper examines a number of relevant competencies of international relations experts, which are formed due to digitalization of international relations, responding to the challenges posed by the use of the latest digital technologies for destructive purposes. The concepts of digital security and information security are considered. The first means the practices of protecting digital resources, devices and systems, while the latter refers to protecting the integrity, availability, confidentiality and reliability of data in any form. The article identifies the challenges of information security in Russia. Based on the comparison of Russian and foreign specialists’ studies and content analysis of Russia’s core documents in the field of national security, a list of information security aspects is designed. It includes such aspects as threat forecasting, risk management, neural network skills, digital communication, data analysis and data management. In accordance with the highlighted aspects, the author’s classification of competencies of the new generation of international specialists has been developed.