MTS RED Serenity cyber security earlier MTS Cybersecurity

MTS RED is a subsidiary of MTS in the field of cybersecurity.

History

2023

TAdviser interview with Senior Product Manager Sergei Deyev

MTS RED, a young but already well-known player in the Russian cybersecurity market, has announced the release of the MTS RED ASOC platform, which is designed to manage secure development processes. Secure development, Senior Product Manager of MTS RED ASOC of MTS RED, told TAdviser in December 2023 about what prerequisites have formed in companies the need to automate Sergei Deyev tools, as well as about trends in the information security (information security) industry. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with CTO Denis Makrushin

Denis Makrushin, Technical Director of MTS RED, answered TAdviser's questions in November 2023 about the cyber stability of the business, effective protection against cyber threats and the company's products. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with the head of the cybersecurity services center Andrei Dugin

Read about the situation on the Russian commercial SOC (Security Operation Center) market, development prospects and growth drivers in an interview with Andrei Dugin, head of the MTS RED cybersecurity services center. Read more here.

Rebranding

On March 30, 2023, the company announced that as part of the general rebranding of MTS, MTS Cybersecurity received the name MTS RED.

2022: Establishing a company

In August 2022, MTS created a company in the field of information security - Serenity Cyber ​ ​ Security LLC. The authorized capital of this legal entity amounted to 200 million rubles, according to the data of the SPARK-Interfax system.

MTS is the sole owner of Serenity Cyber Security LLC. The main activity of the new company is related to software development.

MTS created "Serenity cyber security"

The representative of MTS in a conversation with Vedomosti confirmed that the company was created to develop and promote innovative products in the field of information security (information security), for which there is a growing demand on the market. Demand, he said, is due to the increase and scaling of the level of threats, as well as the withdrawal of foreign suppliers and vendors from the market.

At the initial stage, the company will develop and sell SOC services already developed and used by MTS within the group to the foreign market. By the end of 2023, it is planned to bring new products to the market, the company told the newspaper.

As reported TASS with reference to the data published in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRUL), the Director General of Serenity Cyber ​ ​ Security LLC has been appointed cyber security and the MTS Director is the former Executive Vice President for Corporate Business. "Kaspersky Lab Evgenia Naumova

According to data from the unified register, Serenity Cyber ​ ​ Security LLC is also engaged in the production of computers, peripheral and communication equipment, as well as carries out advisory and data processing activities. In addition, the company is engaged in the creation and use of databases and information resources.

Experts interviewed by the publication consider the creation of a company a logical step for MTS: the cybersecurity market is growing at an explosive pace. The growth in demand for solutions for protecting information assets is associated with an unprecedented surge in cyber attacks over the past six months, said Anton Golubkov, a leading expert at Information Security at CROC IT company.^[1]

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