Angara MSS Angara Assistance

Angara MSS (Angara Assistance LLC; formerly Angara Professional Assistance) is a division of the company providing services under the MSS (Managed Security Services) model. The range of services includes anti-DDoS, anti-phishing, protection against targeted attacks and response to complex threats (SOC mini), as well as cyber insurance, technical support services, etc.

History

2021

TAdvier interview with Deputy General Director Yevgeny Yeltsov

Deputy General Director of Angara Professional Assistance Yevgeny Yeltsov in November 2021 in an interview with TAdviser spoke about how the attitude of business to outsourcing security services is changing, which services are most in demand at present and what will change in the future. Read more here.

How to protect a company from a targeted attack. Angara and Kaspersky Lab Toolkit Overview

A couple of years ago, it was believed that against point and rare cyber attacks types of advanced persistent threat () APT attacks there is no sufficient variety of means of protection, and we are talking exclusively about the competition of human intelligence. Today, on the one hand, attackers actually put APT on stream attacks , using ready-made harmful ON and skills to operate legitimate tools. On the other hand, countermeasures have appeared that provide protection against APT, and including this kind of protection is available as one of the corporate services. information security Such a service is jointly provided by Angara Professional Assistance (part of the group of companies) Angara and "." Kaspersky Lab More. here

2019: Obtaining the right to execute functions of State system of detection, prevention and elimination of consequences of computer attacks operator

Angara Professional Assistance logo in 2019

Angara Professional Assistance on October 11, 2019 announced the signing of an agreement on interaction with the "National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents" (NCCCA) as part of the functions of the State system of detection, prevention and elimination of consequences of computer attacks operator for the subjects of the critical information infrastructure (CII) of the Russian Federation in accordance with Federal Law No. 187 of July 26, 2017 "On the Security of the Critical Information Infrastructure of the Russian Federation" and its by-laws in all branches of CII.

In particular, the agreement with NCCC allows the Angara Cyber ​ ​ Resilience Center (SOC ACRC) to expand the range of services provided and provide customers with the ability to implement security functions imposed on CII subjects in terms of informing about computer incidents.

As a corporate center, SOC ACRC will provide a full range of services to ensure that customers comply with Federal Law No. 187 "On the Security of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) of the Russian Federation" with continuous interaction with NCCC.

The package of services includes responding to computer incidents in the manner specified in the law; taking measures to eliminate the consequences of computer attacks; carrying out measures to inform about computer incidents of federal executive bodies.

Connecting SOC ACRC to the State system of detection, prevention and elimination of consequences of computer attacks system is a logical strategic step and confirms the level of maturity of Angara Professional Assistance services for information security operators at the state level, "commented Oksana Vasilyeva, CEO of Angara Professional Assistance.

2018: Opening of the Competence Center of the "Security Code"

Angara Professional Assistance, a high-tech service provider of a wide range of replicated cybersecurity services, announced on August 13, 2018 the launch of the Security Code Competence Center (Central Committee). As a result, current and potential Angara Technologies Group customers will now be able to quickly use the highly qualified services for technical support, management and monitoring of Security Code products in the field of network protection, virtualization and workstations.

The Central Committee will allow Angara Professional Assistance customers to gain access to the Security Code product expertise without the need for early booking, involve Angara Cyber ​ ​ Resilience Center experts in event analysis and incident investigation, and organize periodic audits of settings and operating quality of the company's product installations using Technical Audits services (Health-Check, Security Health-Check). In addition, the Center has the possibility of commercially effective and prompt deliveries of additional licenses to customers.

Angara Professional Assistance experts have extensive experience with Security Code products. As of August, the Vendor Product Competence Center has 11 certified engineers who serve 150 thousand users and 300 network devices of clients in the financial and public sectors, "commented Alexander Bodrik, Executive Director of Angara Professional Assistance. - We have expanded the range of services provided by adding to the implementation and technical support the ability to manage and monitor vGate and the TLS VPN Continent - integrating the competencies of Technical Audits, Angara Cyber ​ ​ Resilience Center and the Company's Engineering Center around the Security Code products. Customers will be able to use the comprehensive service, including thanks to a distributed model of service provision: experts from Moscow and Ryazan divisions of the company will take over its support.

2017: Business Area "Technical Audits"

In September 2017, Angara Professional Assistance announced the launch of the Technical Audit business direction. The direction includes Health Check and Security Health Check services, aimed at providing customers with objective information about the quality and effectiveness of IT management and the degree of security of critical business systems.

The audit of the "health level" of the system gives an independent assessment in the critical areas of fault tolerance, readiness for recovery, architecture and quality of support, thereby maximizing the return on investment in the information system. The audit of the "level of self-protection" of the system allows you to understand the objective picture of security and form a roadmap to increase its level for the reliable functioning of the IT landscape.

Among the manufacturers supported by services: 1C, Microsoft Active Directory, VMware vSphere, Cisco, Kaspersky Lab, Infowatch.

In general, as of 2017, Angara Professional Assistance, or Angara Professional Assistance (service center of the Angara Technologies Group), is a service provider of a wide range of replicated cybersecurity services (MSSP). The company focuses on: services based on the Security as a service model, outsourcing information security, services for maintaining and maintaining the operability of customer IT and information security systems, improving the efficiency of their work and ensuring the continuity of functions performed.

2016

By the end of 2016, the implementation of systems will move from Angara to the portfolio of competencies of the service center, and the analysis and development of information security requirements and design will remain in the parent company.

center is the first in the Russian system integration market to enter the SMB segment with a new level and volume of information security services previously provided by integrators only to large companies and only on an additional paid basis," the Angara reports.

The new level of the company means a different approach to the provision of information security services than is generally accepted on the market. The center plans to abandon the concept of low priority in the classification of customer requests. "We understand the impact of the time zone difference on the processing of requests and believe that requests with a priority of'low', that is, below normal, normal, cannot be from customers. Requests are always processed with a priority not lower than normal/usual, "says Sergey Krivoshein, technical director of the center. The^[1]

In addition, starting from the standard level of customer service, the center produces the so-called free HealthCheck of the accompanied system: checks the architecture compliance with the manufacturer's requirements, resource adequacy, life cycle status (version relevance, manufacturer support, terms of validity of compliance certificates/), FSBFSTEC fulfillment of basic continuity requirements (backup, backup, logging).

In October 2016, Angara Professional Assistance service center received the official status of an IT company. The status of an IT company implies receiving a number of benefits from the state, such as a reduced percentage of insurance premiums (14% instead of 30% for other companies), the right to include the cost of purchasing IT equipment in material expenses (for profit tax purposes) without depreciation, the ability to hire highly qualified foreign specialists in a simplified manner.

Notes