X-Com has strengthened the cybersecurity of the Alexandrinsky Theater

2023: Development of the information security system

The X-Com group of companies has completed the project for the development of the city system information security Alexandrinsky Theater - St. Petersburg the oldest national theater. As Russia a result, more than 200 workplaces and mailboxes of employees of the institution are protected from and by malware. targeted attacks e-mail X-Com announced this on October 30, 2023.

The information system of the theater stores and processes confidential information (personal data of employees, financial documentation, scenarios of productions and schedules of performances, etc.), the loss or damage of which can extremely negatively affect its activities. At the same time, email remains one of the most common channels of penetration into the corporate network, and an attacker's access to correspondence expands his ability to use the obtained data in social engineering.

Experts from the X-Com Information Security Department conducted an audit of the theater's IT infrastructure, including applied software and hardware solutions, client systems and tools. The comprehensive assessment made it possible to form a profile of information security threats (IS) and develop a project for the development of protection systems against cyber threats. In particular, for workplace security, it was decided to implement the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business ADVANCED solution, and entrust mailbox protection to the Kaspersky Security system for mail servers.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business ADVANCED provides effective information security technologies and tools for building a tiered security system. Network scanning technologies for the presence vulnerabilities and management of patch installations eliminate vulnerabilities in operating systems and applications, and the technology enciphering data protects confidential business information in the event of loss. laptop

Kaspersky Security for mail servers detects malicious and unwanted content not only at the gateway level, but also at the level of individual mailboxes at and. servers Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Exchange Online The solution neutralizes deferred ones phishing attacks that can bypass protection at the gateway level, identifies malicious messages sent from the email addresses of the customer's employees, as well as insider attacks that do not reach the gateway.

The solutions are integrated into the information system of the customer, all the necessary commissioning and testing are performed. The project was carried out in strict accordance with the contractual conditions in terms of scope and terms. As part of the service contract, X-Com provides technical support (including remote) and service of the theater information security system.