Infotecs InfoTeCS

InfoTeCS JSC (Information Technologies and Communication Systems) is a manufacturer of software and hardware for information protection. The company's portfolio includes more than 50 information security products. The flagship development of InfoTeCS is ViPNet technology. Products based on this technology have protected more than 1 million workstations. In addition to developing and promoting information protection tools, the company provides their support and service, conducts research and consulting activities.

The company and its employees are active members of specialized public organizations: ADE, AZI, EURAAS Association; The company acts as the official secretary company of the Technical Committee for Standardization No. 26 "Cryptographic Information Protection"

Since the company's foundation, InfoTeCS experts have implemented many projects for enterprises, public sectors banks telecommunication companies, major organizations, oilgas processing metallurgical and industries. Most of the company's projects are complex in nature and include such stages as design, implementation, adjustment, support.

Products and Services

The company's portfolio includes more than 50 products and solutions for information protection, including systems for protecting industrial systems and mobile devices: software and hardware information protection tools, systems for filtering traffic and detecting computer attacks, as well as solutions for protecting mobile communications: 194 licenses were sold in 2011, then in 2015 - more than 33 thousand.

A variety of products are designed to meet the broadest demands associated with the tasks of organizing secure virtual private networks (VPN) and public key infrastructure (PKI ). For individual users, InfoTeCS offers a number of products that allow you to protect personal mobile or home computers. An important thing when choosing a particular product is the presence of certificates from the FSB and FSTEC of Russia for it .

Company structure

In Russia, InfoTeCS has three subsidiaries:

• OJSC InfoTeCS Internet Trust was established in 2001. Provides services information protection using ViPNet products and technology, including services in the field. electronic document management systems The company is a certification center, is an operator for submitting reports in electronic form to the FIU, FTS and other government agencies. OJSC InfoTeCS Internet Trust is one of the TOP-10 largest certification centers in Russia.
• CJSC Perspective Monitoring was established in 2007. Specializes in conducting work on studying the security status of the organization's information systems, identifying undocumented and vulnerable services. The company provides expert support in the development of policies, requirements and instructions for ensuring information security, updating existing regulations to changing business requirements.
• Since 2000, the InfoTeCS Training Center has been operating, which cooperates with leading universities in the country, advising diverse specialists in the field of information security, which allows them to improve and expand their own expertise in the field of information security. Thanks to the company's Training Center, its clients, employees and partners receive theoretical training and practical knowledge on the construction of integrated information protection systems and the use of security tools in automated systems.
• Practical safety systems are part of InfoTeCS Group of Companies
• SPB laboratory - services for certification of information protection tools, as well as for conducting thematic and control case studies of software and hardware IPS according to the requirements of the FSB of Russia

Performance indicators

2022: Revenue growth by 1.5% to RUB 8,598 million

At the end of 2022, the revenue of InfoTeCS increased by 1.5% - to 8,598 million rubles. In the ranking "TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2023," such an indicator allowed the company to take 59th place.

History

2024

Participation in the development of GOST protocol of secure data exchange for industrial systems

The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) by order of February 15, 2024 No. 235-st approved the specification of the secure exchange protocol for industrial systems GOST R 71252-2024 "Information Technology. Cryptographic information protection. Secure Exchange Protocol for Industrial Systems. " The development of the national standard was carried out by specialists from InfoTeCS, which announced the event on February 22, 2024. Read more here.

Opening a second office in St. Petersburg

The second office of InfoTeCS was opened in St. Petersburg. The company announced this on February 6, 2024. In this space with an area of ​ ​ about 550 square meters, divisions of the Sales Division and partner programs of the company and a branch of the InfoTeCS Training Center will operate, in which information security specialists will be able to improve their qualifications and study the latest information protection tools.

This office will be focused on working with customers, here is a full cycle of technical support, client projects, sales and marketing. In addition to developing products for information protection, another important part of our work is training specialists who operate ViPNet products. The new space is equipped with all the necessary infrastructure for productive training, - said Andrey Chapchaev, General Director of InfoTeCS.

The second platform will allow distributing resources and with great focus to implement projects in the region. We have equipped a special showroom with our solutions for information protection, which includes quantum and industrial equipment, "added Alexander Lyutorovich, head of the separate division of InfoTeCS.

The design project of the office was developed by the Start Office (AG Tech) team, which created an open space with workplaces, comfortable recreation areas and meeting rooms. For the InfoTeCS Training Center, functional premises have been developed for conducting courses on ViPNet products.

For the InfoTeCS Training Center, this is the first branch whose need has been ripe for a long time. We train more than 2,000 people a year, the demand for our services is only growing. Thanks to this site and two new classrooms, we will be able to increase the number of courses and train more specialists. Courses are being launched on new ViPNet products, including ViPNet Prime and ViPNet xFirewall, they will be in demand by users. In addition, there are more than 10 educational institutions among the partners of the Training Center in St. Petersburg, our expansion in the region will allow us to work productively with students of specialized specialties of these organizations, "added Anna Chefranova, General Director of the InfoTeCS Training Center.

In 2023, three InfoTeCS offices were opened in,, and Ryazan Vladivostok. Krasnoyarsk As of February 2024, the company is represented at 12. cities of Russia

2023

Falling under the sanctions of the European Union

The European Union, by its regulations^[1] imposed sanctions against a number of Russian companies and individuals. In particular, sanctions have been imposed against such large enough Information security companies as BI.Zone, InfoTeCS and Informzaschita. More

Message about the creation of a plant in Tomsk

In mid-July 2023, it became known about the decision of Infotex to launch a new plant in Tomsk for the production of equipment for information protection of communication channels. Thanks to this project, which is planned to be implemented in 2024, the vendor expects to increase the production of information security solutions by 5-10 times, said the company's general director Andrei Chapchaev.

According to him, InfoTeCS produce annually small batches of devices - 100 sets of quantum cryptographic systems for generating and distributing unique keys for. information protection About 60 such kits in 2023 were supplied for,  RUSSIAN RAILWAY Chapchaev said. Such systems are used mainly to protect trunk communication channels, write Sheets"."

Russian Railways acts as a curator for the implementation of the Quantum Communications roadmap, which describes the strategy for the development of applied products and services until 2030. On trunk quantum networks, intermediate nodes with quantum key distribution equipment are installed. 

The speed of such networks is growing from year to year, and with it the demand for means of their information protection will grow, according to Russian Railways - as regional networks develop and new subscribers are connected, new players will appear in the industry. Another major customer of InfoTeCS is Gazprom.

Information protection of trunk communication channels is of paramount importance, experts interviewed by the publication say: intrusion into this network can compromise all devices in the system at once, for example, phones. Therefore, high-end protective equipment is needed here. 

The market volume of this equipment in Russia is estimated at 15 billion rubles, and more than half of this emerging market is occupied by InfoTeCS, the newspaper writes in its July 14, 2023 issue. An additional incentive for an increase in demand for this equipment is the digitalization programs of the Russian economy, which provide for quantum cryptography in certain industries - these technologies are also present in the development strategies of some government agencies and state-owned companies.^[2]

Agreement on the use of cyberimmune solutions based on KasperskyOS for CIPF ViPNet

Kaspersky Lab"" and "InfoTeCS" confirmed long-term cooperation with the Memorandum of Partnership. At this stage of interaction, the companies plan to create cyber-immune solutions based on operating system KasperskyOS which cryptographic information protection tools ViPNet will work. InfoTeCS announced this on June 20, 2023. More. here

User Data Leak

On May 22, 2023, InfoTeCS confirmed the leak of user data, which became known a few days earlier. The company's audit found that the site's user accounts had leaked to the network www.infotecs.ru.

According to Infotex, it was previously established that only the database of site user accounts was compromised, containing the following mandatory fields for the user: login, username and email address. The company assured that the access password is not stored in the database, instead, a hash from the password is stored in the database, from which the password cannot be restored. Database analysis showed that out of 60,911 records of the compromised database, the vast majority are fakes, automatically generated bot records, one-time, technological records, etc. By May 22, 2023, the database was cleared of outdated data, the investigation of the incident continues, Infotex reported. They also added that the notification of the incident was sent to Roskomnadzor in accordance with the requirements.

Infotex explained that the company is fully responsible for the incident and is making every possible effort to successfully complete the investigation and establish the causes of the leak.

The investigation also found that the site's services (web server, site management system, operating systems, virtualization and load balancing systems) were not compromised by the attacker, the company said.

On May 20, 2023, the Telegram channel "Information Leaks" reported a leak of 60 thousand records of the site's user database infotecs.ru. The network got logins, full name, email addresses, phones, passwords, place of work and position, registration date and last activity (from March 24, 2010 to April 24, 2023). After the publication of information about the leak, the company's website stopped working.^[3]

2022

9th place in the ranking "The largest providers of solutions in the field of information security in Russia"

InfoTeCS took 9th place in the TAdviser rating, prepared on the basis of revenue from the implementation of information security projects in Russia in 2022 and published in October 2023. The rating includes vendors, integrators and distributors of information security products. More 2022:_TAdviser_Security_100:_.D0.9A.D1.80.D1.83.D0.BF.D0.BD.D0.B5.D0.B9.D1.88.D0.B8.D0.B5_.D0.98.D0.91-.D0.BA.D0.BE.D0.BC.D0.BF.D0.B0.D0.BD.D0.B8.D0.B8_.D0.B2_.D0.A0.D0.BE.D1.81.D1.81.D0.B8.D0.B8 here.

The United States saw in the Russian "In­fo­TeKS" a threat to national security

On January 20, 2022 the American edition Forensic News published results of a research in which it is said that activity of the Russian company InfoTeCS poses threat to national security of the USA. Researchers consider that presence at the company of the license of FSB is the proof of communication with intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation.

Before making such a statement, Forensic News studied corporate documents from various jurisdictions in the United States and abroad for six months, and also communicated with numerous sources familiar with In­fo­TeKS and consulted with cybersecurity experts.

According to Forensic News, the company has valid licenses with a variety of Russian government entities, including the FSB and FSTEC. These licenses allow InfoTeCS to provide encryption and digital security tools to protect Russian state secrets.

In­fo­TeKS has been operating in the North American market for about 20 years through its subsidiaries, in particular, customers in this region include the insurance company Cigna, Rutgers University, as well as the Hackensack University Medical Center.

Forensic News' concerns with In­fo­TeKS are raised in particular by the past of its founder Andrei Chapchaev, a senior KGB engineer who spent a decade working in the intelligence community before founding InfoTeCS as his first private venture. In addition, Forensic News reports on In­fo­TeKS 's connection with Artem Klyushin, a Russian businessman whom the Senate Intelligence Committee called "a Kremlin-linked bot developer who supported Russian influence operations." The publication also describes the alleged vulnerabilities of the Stribog and Grasshopper algorithms, accusing In­fo­TeKS of using backdoors that cybercriminals can exploit. The authors of the study also indicate that in 1993 Sberbank became a client of In­fo­TeKS, the company also cooperates with Russian Railways, Rostelecom and the state pension fund of Russia.

The study also mentions that in September 2018, the US Department of Commerce added InfoTeCS to the list of 14 companies subject to export restrictions. InfoTeCS was one of four companies identified by the US authorities as one that "contributed to the activities of attackers from Russia."

Nevertheless, Russian legislation strictly regulates the turnover of information cryptoprotection tools (CIPF). To develop and implement solutions that have encryption tools intended for the Russian market, an FSB license is required, including for companies from abroad. Also, CIPF for the domestic market of the Russian Federation can use only a limited list of domestic encryption algorithms GOST 34.11-2018.^[4]

2021

Revenue growth by 16.2% to RUB 8,469 million

At the end of 2021, the revenue of InfoTeCS amounted to 8,469 million rubles, an increase of 16.2% compared to 2020, which allowed it to take 64th place in the ranking of TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2022.

Participation in the development of the updated version of GOST R ISO/IEC 27001

The preparation of the updated version of GOST R ISO/IEC 27001 "Information Technology. Methods and means of safety assurance. Information security management systems. Requirements, "one of the fundamental national standards for information security management. This was announced on December 15, 2021 by the InfoTeCS company, whose specialists took an active part in the development of the document. Read more here.

Construction plan in Tomsk of a complex for the production of quantum cryptographic systems

On November 25, 2021, InfoTeCS JSC informed TAdviser that ProKwanT JSC, created in 2021 on the basis of its separate division in Tomsk, plans to build its own research and production complex as a resident of the special economic zone (SEZ). Read more here.

Opening of the International Authorized Training Center for Information Security based on FEFU

On October 11, 2021, InfoTeCS announced the opening of the International Authorized Training Center for Information Security on the basis of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU). Read more here.

VTB bought the operator of electronic document management "InfoTeCS Internet Trust"

On July 5, 2021, it became known about the sale of InfoTeCS Internet Trust to VTB Bank. The deal was struck two months earlier - in May. The financial and other terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In particular, the share that VTB transferred is unknown. Read more here.

2020

Revenue growth by 36.6% to RUB 7,290 million.

At the end of 2020, InfoTeCS's revenue amounted to 7,290 million rubles, an increase of 36.6% compared to 2019, which allowed it to take 57th place in the ranking of TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2021.

Inclusion in the TAdviser rating "The largest suppliers of information security solutions in Russia"

InfoTeCS is included in the rating "The largest suppliers of information security solutions in Russia" by revenue for 2020, "prepared by TAdviser in October 2021. Read more here.

Participation in the development of the Central Bank standard to ensure the security of financial services based on the OpenID protocol

On November 24, 2020, InfoTeCS announced that it had taken part in the development of the Bank of Russia standard "Security of Financial (Banking) Operations." Application programming interfaces for security of financial services based on the OpenID protocol "(STO BR FAPI.S.EK-1.6-2020). More details here.

2019

Revenue for the year

Revenue for 2019 - 5,337,945 thousand rubles

Participation in the development of a secure exchange protocol for industrial CRISP systems

By the decision of Protocol No. 23.1 of the Technical Committee for Standardization "Cryptographic Protection of Information" (TK26) dated May 27-30, 2019, methodological recommendations MR 26.4.001-2019 "Secure Exchange Protocol for Industrial Systems (CRISP 1.0)" were approved. This was announced on June 27, 2019 by Infotecs. Read more here.

InfoTeCS specialists took an active part in the development of the protocol within the framework of the working group "Cryptographic mechanisms for M2M and industrial systems TK26" and became the authors of the document.

Demonstration of the "quantum" phone

May 28, 2019 - Demonstration of the work of a pre-production sample of the first in Russia "quantum" phone ViPNet QSS Phone

2018

Revenue for the year

Revenue for 2018 - 4,552,630 thousand rubles

US sanctions

On September 26, 2018, the US Department of Commerce, on the basis of unmotivated suspicions of the American administration, included InfoTeCS OJSC in the list of companies subject to sanctions. The essence of the imposed sanctions is a ban on American companies from supplying dual-use products to InfoTeCS OJSC.

According to the official position of the company's management, from the beginning of its activities to October 2018, InfoTeCS OJSC produces products aimed at combating the criminal, destructive and illegal activities of cybercriminals, and in the future plans to develop and distribute its products, ensuring the information security of each consumer. The company continues to express confidence that the sanctions will not affect the implementation of the concluded and intended contracts, as well as the further activities of the company as a whole.

After the publication of the document by the US Ministry of Trade, unverified information about the impact of the imposed sanctions on cooperation with InfoTeCS OJSC began to spread in the Russian media. The publications appeared the arguments of market experts about the possible consequences of sanctions both for the company itself and for its partners and customers.

A number of conclusions expressed by experts are unfounded and may negatively affect the business reputation of the company. For this reason, OJSC InfoTeCS considers it necessary to provide detailed explanations regarding the provisions of the document of the US Ministry of Trade.

So, according to the decision of the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce (BIS) together with the End User Review Committee No. RIN 0694-AH63 prohibited transactions with OJSC InfoTeCS concerning only export, re-export or transfer of goods (primarily dual-use) subject to Export Control Regulations (EAR) of the USA, as well as transactions in which OJSC InfoTeCS is the buyer, consignee or end user of these goods. In other words, we are talking only about banning the supply of a number of American goods and technologies to American companies, or any other companies associated with American companies with the relevant terms of contracts, to OJSC InfoTeCS.

The decision of the Bureau does not impose any restrictions on the possibility of purchasing software and equipment manufactured by OJSC InfoTeCS by any third parties, including residents of the Russian Federation, which are subsidiaries or affiliates of foreign companies. The decision of the Bureau does not regulate the relationship between OJSC InfoTeCS and legal entities established and operating in the Russian Federation.

The official explanations of the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce itself regarding certain points of its decision making the company on the sanctions list, and the possible consequences of their non-compliance, which are intended for US residents, are located in the part of the official website of the Bureau that is not available to users of the Russian segment of the Internet.

InfoTeCS also stressed that, according to Article 152 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, a legal entity has the right to protect its business reputation. This document establishes responsibility for disseminating any information about a legal entity that does not correspond to reality.

Partnership with FIZPRIBOR

The Moscow plant "FIZPRIBOR," the developer and manufacturer of hardware and software for industrial automation, including critical information infrastructure (CII) and the company "InfoTeCS," the developer of software and hardware solutions in the field of information security, including CII RF, signed a cooperation agreement in early 2018.

As part of the cooperation, the companies will present joint solutions in the field of ensuring cybersecurity of automated process control systems (APCS) at the facilities of the CII of the Russian Federation and abroad. Pairing hardware and software products will allow customers to get ultra-secure systems that are protected from both external violators and internal ones. It is expected that the solutions will include the protection of basic I/O tools, ports, operating systems components and special tools of APCS software components, including encryption, integrity control, as well as the protection of hyper-converged solutions within the framework of isolation and multitenence.

2017

Revenue for the year

Revenue for 2017 - 3,758,000 thousand rubles

Representative office in Nizhny Novgorod

On October 10, 2017, InfoTeCS, a domestic developer of software and hardware solutions in the field of information security, announced the opening of a regional office in Nizhny Novgorod. The branch became the seventh regional branch of the company - InfoTeCS offices are already operating in St. Petersburg, Khabarovsk, Tomsk, Ufa, Novosibirsk and Rostov-on-Don.

According to the program for creating a network of regional representative offices, which the company implements, by the end of 2018, InfoTeCS branches will open in all federal districts of Russia. The functions of the branches include working with partners and customers, as well as participation in regional conferences, seminars and events of FSTEC.

The Nizhny Novgorod region is a region with great potential in the field of informatization, and we are confident that our high-tech solutions are needed here to ensure information security, "said Dmitry Gusev, Deputy General Director of InfoTeCS. - The representative office of InfoTeCS in Nizhny Novgorod will help us in the development of a partner network both in the region and throughout the Volga Federal District.

The Nizhny Novgorod office of InfoTeCS is located at ul. Kostina, d. 3, office 618. Alexander Kryukov, who previously held the post of commercial director in the regional system integrator Laboratory of Information Systems, was appointed head of the representative office.

Office in Rostov-on-Don

On September 28, 2017, InfoTeCS, a domestic developer of software and hardware solutions in the field of information security, announced the opening of a regional office in Rostov-on-Don. The branch became the fifth regional branch of the company after offices in St. Petersburg, Khabarovsk, Tomsk and Novosibirsk.

The functions of the Rostov branch of InfoTeCS will include assistance to partners in conducting marketing activities and solving complex problems (including at the pre-sales stage), receiving feedback from customers in the Southern Federal District, as well as participation in regional conferences and seminars.

As noted, InfoTeCS has been operating in the region for a long time, earlier the company opened an authorized training center for teaching ViPNet technology in Rostov-on-Don and signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Rostov Region on the development of the regional system of interdepartmental electronic interaction.

The Rostov region is one of the leading Russian regions in the field of informatization, so high-tech solutions that ensure information security are in demand here . The opening of a new regional representative office of InfoTeCS in Rostov-on-Don will be an important step to strengthen our positions and support the partner network in the region, "said Dmitry Gusev, Deputy General Director of InfoTeCS OJSC. "In addition, this is another step in the development of the company's network of representative offices - over the past three years we have several offices, and we plan to open branches in all federal districts of Russia by the end of 2018."

InfoTeCS office is located at 344002, Rostov-on-Don, st. Socialist, 74. Alexey Dovgal, a professional with extensive experience in management, working with partners and business development, has been appointed head of the InfoTeCS representative office. Before Alexey Dovgal joined the InfoTeCS team, he served as deputy director in the Rostov branch of the system integrator.

2016

Revenue reduction by 7.7% to RUB 3.704 bln

In 2016, InfoTeCS revenue amounted to 3.704 billion rubles, a decrease of 7.7% compared to 2015. In the ranking " TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia" at the end of 2016, InfoTeCS took 33rd place.

Development Policy Changes

On August 5, 2016, InfoTeCS announced the implementation of a secure software development policy. It looks like the implementation of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process. The practice of creating secure software is aimed at developing the InfoTeCS product line.

The management of the company considers it necessary to pay increased attention to the quality and safety of its products at all stages of development, only so you can guarantee the safety of end solutions. Implementing SDL practices enables us to build highly competitive information security solutions to meet changes in regulatory requirements and meet the expectations of our customers and partners. We, as a responsible developer and manufacturer of information protection tools, began the implementation of the SDL process on our own initiative 3 years ago. In this regard, we very positively perceived the initiative of the FSTEC of Russia to develop the national standard GOST 56939-2016 "Development of Safe Software" and took an active part in its discussion at the development stage. Today we can responsibly declare the compliance of the development process of our products with the requirements of the new standard. Dmitry Gusev, Deputy General Director of InfoTeCS

In 2016 Rosstandart Russia , it approved the national standard GOST R 56939-2016 "Information Protection. Development of secure software. General Requirements, "developed on the initiative. The FSTEC RF document defines general requirements for organizing the software development process, which minimize the risk of vulnerabilities in the created. ON The standard will take effect on July 1, 2017.

Office in Novosibirsk

The office in Novosibirsk became the third representative office of InfoTeCS in Russia: today the company's offices operate in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Khabarovsk. The total number of employees of the InfoTeCS group of companies exceeds 600 people.

The functions of the new representative office will include establishing and maintaining contacts with government agencies and the business community of the Novosibirsk region and the Siberian region, as well as strengthening relations with existing partners and finding new customers in order to expand the company's activities.

2015: Revenue for the year

Revenue for 2015 - 3,958,000 thousand rubles

2014: Revenue for the year

Revenue for 2014 - 1,909,000 thousand rubles

2013: Revenue for the year

Revenue for 2013 - 1,833,190 thousand rubles

2012: Revenue for the year

Revenue for 2012 - 1,607,191 thousand rubles

1989-1993

• InfoTeCS (Information Technologies and Communication Systems) was founded in 1989, in 1991 the company was registered as an open joint stock company. Since then, neither the form of ownership nor the name of the Company has ever changed.
• 1992 - the entry into the market of the DOS version of the product "Corporate Superimposed Network "InfoTeCS, "which laid down the basic principles of ViPNet secure networks and became the prototype of the modern ViPNet network solution.
• 1992-1993 - work on the creation of a dedicated corporate network of Sberbank of the Russian Federation on Rostelecom communication channels for a number of regional banks of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, the implementation of dedicated telephone communication projects for a number of major enterprises in the oil and gas production and processing industries.

Chapchaev Andrey: On September 6, 1991, literally two or three weeks after the State Emergency Committee fell, we decided on a fantastic thing at that time - the creation of a joint-stock company. More than 80 people invested a little money in us, each shareholder acquired shares for an average of 3,000 rubles, which at that time were inflated with rampant speed, sometimes inflation was 30% -40% per week. The money quickly depreciated, and we were able to buy only an Aquarius computer (by the way, the Aquarius company is still one of our large partners), a Yatran typewriter, several chairs, a couple of tables and phones. The company's full-time staff consisted of five employees. The first projects were carried out by "temporary creative teams" or, as they are now called, freelancers.

Despite the fact that the money raised was enough for only one month of salary, we were not scared for the future (or there was no time to be scared), and, apparently, this confidence allowed us to get quite large contracts. First - to create a fragment of the X.25 network for one state organization, then - to encrypt data exchange via a modem network for remote divisions of Sberbank and subsequently - to encrypt and protect data in the Sokol-Banker system of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, which was a satellite communication system for the needs of the bank. By the way, the latter system was then operated for almost 10 years, until it was replaced by more modern solutions.

Patent activity

2015: Computer Attack Detection Patent on Network Information System

Infotecs, a manufacturer of software and hardware VPN solutions and cryptographic information protection tools, announces the receipt of a patent for a new way to detect computer attacks on a network information system. The technology was developed by the participants of the program for supporting scientific personnel "InfoTeCS Academy" and registered with the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent).

Recently, attacks of the type DDoS ("denial of service") have become quite widespread on the Internet. According to data, since Qrator Labs September 2014, not only the total power of DDoS attacks has increased, but also the frequency of attacks (the number of attacks more powerful than 10 Gbps increased 3 times, from 47 to 155, i.e. such attacks are observed on average every other day, attacks more powerful than 100 Gbps occur on average weekly, their number increased 11 times, from 7 per year to 76 (data as of November 1, 2014). Powerful attacks were subjected to the sites MEDIA, of large companies (financial sector payment systems, banks Forex and analogues) and online stores. At the same time, the technologies and solutions for detecting these types of attacks that exist today are not universal and are focused only on repelling a certain type of DDoS attack.

The patented method of intrusion detection, unlike known methods, allows you to adjust the sensitivity of the attack detection algorithm, adapting it to a specific computer network. The method of detecting attacks registered by InfoTeCS can recognize many types of attacks (HTTP-flood, SYN-flood, UDP-flood, ICMP-flood, TCP-flood), as well as combinations thereof, which will reduce the time for detecting an attack and, thus, organize a set of measures to minimize possible damage in a timely manner.

The registered technology is planned for use in ViPNet IDS hardware and software complexes, which is designed to detect intrusions into information systems based on dynamic analysis of network traffic of the TCP/IP protocol stack. When a computer attack is detected, ViPNet IDS logs the fact of its detection, identifies the event and instantly, in a mode close to real time, notifies the network administrator about it, which allows you to respond to the incident in a timely manner using network shielding tools.

The authors of the patented invention are participants in the InfoTeCS Academy program, which is aimed at developing scientific developments and research projects in the field of cryptography and information security. This is the second patent received based on the results of the InfoTeCS Academy program.

Patent No. 2538292 for the invention InfoTeCS describes a method for detecting computer attacks on a network computer system, which makes it possible to detect single computer attacks of different types, combined simultaneous attacks of different types and determine the types of attacks.

2014

Patent for Parallel Processing of Ordered Data Streams

On March 13, 2014, InfoTeCS announced the receipt of a patent for the technology of parallel processing of ordered data flows from the Federal Intellectual Property Service (Rospatent).

The invention was developed by InfoTeCS experts and is used as part of ViPNet hardware and software systems for cryptographic data protection.

Patented technology is used in multiprocessing network traffic to achieve higher CIPF performance used in building - VPN networks. When implementing this method, the network equipment receives a number of data packets in a certain sequence and then performs parallel processing of each packet on a separate processor, while achieving a higher throughput.

The algorithm described in the patent No. 2507569 for the invention InfoTeCS allows multiprocessing traffic without mutual blocking of processors when generating an output sequence of data packets. When implementing this approach, the first processor does not wait for the second processor to complete the action, thereby being temporarily blocked.

Patent for a way to detect malware in the OS kernel

On April 3, 2014, InfoTeCS announced that it had received a patent for a new way to detect malicious software in the kernel of the operating system. The technology was developed by the participants of the program for supporting scientific personnel "InfoTeCS Academy" and registered with the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent).

The introduction of malicious software into the kernel of the operating system is one of the most unfavorable security threats, since its installation on a workstation cannot always be identified.

The patented InfoTeCS detection method malware includes a dynamic, more detailed check of the execution of kernel code OS to detect illegal interceptions, as well as possible code changes in the kernel and downloadable modules (drivers). The registered technology provides detection of both known and previously unregistered malware ON in the kernel and drivers of the operating system. The authors of the patented invention are participants in the InfoTeCS Academy program, which is aimed at developing scientific developments and research projects in the field of cryptography and information security. Participation in the program enables a young scientist to receive support for an interesting project, promising, relevant developments, advance in his research, deepen experience and knowledge, and stimulate the emergence of advanced ideas and approaches.

Patent No. 2510075 for the invention InfoTeCS describes a method for detecting malicious software in the kernel of the operating system and allows you to check the data structure of the loaded operating system, checking whether the addresses of commands executed during a system call belong to the normal range of addresses of the kernel and modules of the kernel of the operating system in RAM.

Licenses

The activities of InfoTeCS in the Russian market of information security and information technologies are carried out on the basis of licenses of the FSB of Russia, FSTEC of Russia and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.