VK purchased 4 thousand tokens for cybersecurity employees

On July 31, 2024, it became known that VK LLC (Russian legal entity VK) acquired approximately 4 thousand Yubikey and OTP C-200 tokens. They, as noted, are necessary to ensure the information security of company employees and corporate two-factor protection.

The deal is reported by RB.ru, citing information received from the press service of the parent company VK. In particular, 3,000 OTP tokens C-200 the H1 model manufactured by the Chinese Feitian Technologies and 600 Yubikey 5S NANO keys of the manufacturer Yubico, whose offices are located in the USA, Britain and Sweden, were purchased: the cost was $99.2 thousand. In addition, another contract was signed for the purchase of 330 Yubikey keys for $25.8 thousand. Thus, the total amount of tokens purchased reaches $125 thousand.

Advisor to the Scientific and Technical Center of IT "ROSA" on PR Vladimir Zykov notes that the use of tokens increases the level of information security of both users and information systems in general. As part of multifactor authentication, SMS code is often used, but in this case there is a potential risk of interception of the message. Therefore, the physical device provides higher reliability.

Zykov says that "Russia is at the forefront of these technologies." Tokens are actively used in corporate automated systems for authentication, authorization and electronic signature. In addition, tokens are used by individuals and self-employed for electronic signature, for example, in the process of submitting tax reports.^[1]

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