Today, in some countries more, in others - less effective in the process of development of the digital ecological environment, digital transformation, representing the introduction and use of modern digital technology in the field of material and non-material production in order to increase productivity and competitiveness.?The main objective of the development of the digital economy in Russia - the creation and development of the digital environment - infrastructure, which in the future should bring material production to the next level and provide a solution to the problems of the international competitiveness of domestic production and the national security of Russia. And on top of the main objective -increasing quality of life. Between the formation of the country's digital economy and increase the welfare of the population there is a direct relationship: no welfare is difficult to achieve the formation of a real digital economy, and without increasing prosperity becomes virtual.?The aim of this work is to reveal the urgency and complexity of the problem of risk management is a digital transformation. The processes of digitalization and automation provide great opportunities for development. At the same time they are accompanied by certain risks.The article deals with issues related to the development of new risk assessment methods and their impact on business processes in the formation and development of the digital economy.?article applied scientific methods of research: empirical methods, historical and theoretical (literature analysis), systems analysis, computational and constructive, vertical and horizontal analysis, and use of economic and statistical methods and other approaches.