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In Cybersecurity – Rostec Relies Only on Itself

Nov 15, 2016

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Rostec, the Russian state arms contractor, has launched its own anti-hacking center to deal with attempted cyberespionage attacks, the company’s IT subsidiary RostecInform (RT Inform) announced, as reported by Newsweek.

Rostec’s IT subsidiary had organized its own cyberattack center to ward off spying or attempted financial theft, as Alexander Evteev, RT Inform’s director of information security, told Russian daily newspaper Izvestia. He added that over the last year Rostec’s systems have already logged “thousands” of suspicious incidents, including outside attempts to install spyware or malware viruses in the company’s systems.

The center was set up in October and will now report any suspected cyber crimes to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Its cyber defenses are not yet fully operational but it plans to increase its capabilities and has begun hiring more staff. “In order for the system to work completely, the company needs to have experts in cyber defense who will be able to take the relevant measures in case of an attack,” Evteev said.

Last year, Rostec website announced that experts from Group-IB, one of the leading international companies focusing on the prevention and investigation of cyber crime and fraud through the use of high technology, will train specialists at the RT-Inform center. The Group-IB experts will draw from their own experience successfully running the CERT-GIB center, which has been in operation for several years and is accredited with all international standards. This center for prompt response to information security incidents, has been the first 24/7 CERT in Eastern Europe.

RT Inform plans to fully monitor 20 percent of the most vital Rostec businesses by the end of 2017, including helicopter and missile manufacturing. By 2020, RT Inform plans to increase this to 30 percent coverage.

Rostec has led many of the projects developing new-generation technologies for the armed forces, including drones and automated machines in recent years. The company is a major shareholder in Russian arms companies including the Kalashnikov firm, which produces the infamous AK-47 rifle, the Russian military’s helicopter holding, which produces the Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopter, and even some of Russia’s missile manufacturers.