Information security in Belarus

2024: ART group Cloud Atlas attacks the public sector of Russia and Belarus

INFORMATION SECURITY Positive Technologies the Russian The state organization that discovered phishing the mailing list turned to the threat response department of the security expert center for help. The investigation showed that this incident is part of a campaign against Russian government agencies and, which Belarus specialists from the PT ESC threat research department have been monitoring since October 2024. Behind is cyber attacks APT group Cloud Atlas with ten years of experience. Positive Technologies announced this on December 12, 2024. More. here

2019: Lukashenko signs decree on cyber resistance of critical facilities

In December 2019, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree on cyber resistance of critical facilities. Decree No. 449 "On improving state regulation in the field of information protection" is designed to increase the security and reliability of information and communication networks and IT systems, according to the official website of the head of state.

The document was developed in order to update the legal foundations of technical and cryptographic protection of information in Belarus, create an effective regulatory legal framework for classifying informatization objects as critical, ensure cyber resistance of critical informatization objects (KVOI), information systems, prevent destructive information influences and other information threats, the document says.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree on cyber resistance of critical facilities

According to the official commentary, the new decree is aimed at further implementing the provisions of the concept of national security and is interconnected with the concept of information security.

The decree updates the basic requirements for ensuring the technical and cryptographic protection of information, clarifies the powers of state bodies, as well as the rights and obligations of owners (owners) of information systems and KVOI.

In addition, the industry criteria for classifying informatization objects as critical have been adjusted. This measure will make it possible to additionally include in the state register of critical objects of informatization a number of objects of the fuel and energy complex, industrial and financial sectors, spheres transport and communications, HOUSING AND PUBLIC UTILITIES health care and education.

The decree was signed after the mail of the Belarusian railway stations, the airport, the office of the Belavia airline, schools, universities, as well as shopping centers repeatedly received electronic messages about fake mining.^[1]

2018: Information Security Company in the Belarusian Army

In February 2018, it became known that an information security company would be created in the Belarusian army. This was told by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus Andrei Ravkov. He noted that the military department plans to seriously engage in information and cybersecurity and creates appropriate structures for this.

year we are forming a specialized company that will deal with this issue. Information Security Units. we already have, but we are developing this business, "said the^[2]

In October 2017, the Investigative Committee of Belarus held a meeting with representatives of the Council of Europe, who arrived in the republic to discuss problems related to interaction in the field of cybercrime investigation. The parties exchanged their vision of the issues of collecting, storing and transferring evidence in the cases under investigation.

all, the delegates were interested in issues related to the receipt and storage of evidence in Belarus, including electronic ones, as well as the practice of interaction between the preliminary investigation bodies and information and telecommunication companies. Summing up the meeting, the head of the international legal department of the Investigative Committee, Mikhail Vavulo, stressed his interest in further developing constructive cooperation with European partners in combating computer and other types of crimes, "the Investigation Committee of Belarus said

It is worth noting that over the past few years, the Investigative Committee of Belarus has carried out serious work to ensure effective interaction with the security forces of all countries. As employees of the UK have repeatedly noted, cybercrime is very often international in nature, so the success of investigating crimes in this area depends on the quick preservation of evidence, regardless of which state the necessary data are located in. Following the meeting, representatives of the Council of Europe offered Belarusian investigators to help solve cyber crimes.

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