Astakhov Ludmila Viktorovna, PhD Pedagogics, professor, professor of the Department of Information System Security, South Ural State University. E-mail: lvastachova@mail.ru

Evgueny Ivanov, post graduate student of the Department of Information System Security, South Ural State University. E-mail: evgeniivan@gmail.com

Innovation-driven development as a priority activity of the Russian Federation requires the formation of the necessary skills, competencies and knowledge of every citizen, including the future information security specialists. The article analyzes Russian statutory acts and regulations on innovation, including “Innovation Development Strategy of the Russian Federation for

the period of up to 2020” where a separate section is devoted to innovation culture. At the same time the article reveals the superficiality in determining the methods of its formation, as well as disadvantages of Federal State Education Standards of Higher Professional Education in information security which do not reflect the actual requirements for the innovation culture of the future graduates of this educational area. The author justifies the ambivalence as a specific feature of the innovation culture of information security specialists, which is both subject and object of the innovation culture in the organization in terms of ensuring personnel security.