ABSTRACT
The relevance of this scientific research is justified by the increased attention that the economic community pays to economic security, for the development of microeconomic systems in modern conditions of uncertainty, caused by global challenges, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the study is to identify the principles of the formation of an adaptive management system of economic security of enterprises in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors founded the methodological basis for the formation of the adaptive management system of the economic security of companies, based on the identification of the systemic approach and specific principles of compliance, duality and feedback, as well as the functions of adaptive management. The conducted research makes possible to generalize that the formation of a system of adaptive management of the economic security of enterprises in the COVID-19 conditions is a special type of management activity, which involves the use of a wide range of measures and tools for making effective management decisions, which are characterized by timeliness, flexibility, creativity and innovation.