Conference on the information security of the critically important facilities
On the March, 10th, at Lomonosov State University Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Dmitriy Rogozin led a conference on the information security at the critically important facilities: strategic enterprises, transportation companies and energy and government infrastructures. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Enforcement Irina Yarovaya, Chief Vice-President of JSC “Russian Railways” (RZD) Valentin Gapanovich, Dean of the physics department of MSU, representatives of Federal Security Service of Russia and Federal Service for Technical and Export Control were among the participants of the event.
Within the framework of the conference at Lomonosov State University cluster of innovation laboratories, the Group of companies “Delo” (Delo Group) headed by Sergey Shishkarev, the Group of companies “InfoWatch” headed by Natal’ya Kasperskaya and Engineering center of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI presented a number of joint developments in information security of the critically important facilities enforcement.
Delo Group keeps track of current trends in sphere of national and corporate security, supporting perspective projects. Lately the expert society has been pressing the point that in the nearest future all wars will be held in cyber-space. Regular and diversionary cyber-forces of the adverse party are already capable of doing damage comparable to the nuclear attack: deprive whole cities of electricity, temper with the work of enterprises, transport and instigate industrial disasters. As the participants of the conference noted, most of the automation systems used in Russia are produced abroad. Iranian experience shows that the country producing automation systems is thoroughly aware of its vulnerability windows, which gives it a conclusive advantage in confrontation with a supplier country.
Dmitriy Rogozin closely examined the joint developments of MEPhI and Delo Group, they install around the foreign automation systems the inner control circle, which disables the enemy to take over the control or temper with its work.
Head of the Engineering center of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI Dmitriy Mikhailov explained key principles of such systems’ functioning. The invasions defense complex blocks a wide spectrum of threats: from capturing control over technological and industrial processes to the remotely organized technogenic disasters. It is equally effective in case of a singular attack or coordinated actions of the enemy’s cyber-forces. This complex is certified by Federal Security Service and serves its purpose in the Government of Russia.
Complex “Autovisor” protects electronic devices and automobile control systems from remote capture. Today armored vehicle is no longer a symbol of safety. Cyber-criminals can send the car flying off the road with one keystroke. “Autovisor” blocks cyber attacks from afar. The defense system is regulated solely by the owner of the car and managed from his smartphone or tablet.
Deputy Prime Minister highly appreciated these developments and noted a positive contribution of Rosatom and InfoWatch: the first one produces the defense complex and “Autovisor”, the second one handles its distribution. Dmitriy Rogozin said that “it is a good example, and we should pass it on. It is the very case when scientists invent something that is produced by manufacturers, what country needs and private business distributes”.
The big part of the conference was held behind closed doors. State Duma and Federation Council officials, representatives of FSB, FSTEC, FSO, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Education and owners of critically important facilities (Rosatom, RZD etc.) discussed general issues of security policy as well as particular tasks of enforcement of automatic systems management in critically important facilities.
Participants of the conference pointed out the importance of specialized personnel training, legislation improvement and encouragement of scientific research in sphere of automation control systems as well as called to users of such systems to ensure its security.
By the way, Federal Service for Technical and Export Control has already issued the order that prescribes information protection at critically important facilities. Other similar legislative acts will appear in the nearest future.