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Angara Security (formerly Angara Technologies Group) is a group of companies providing a wide range of information security services, including system integration and software supplies, audit and consulting, penetration tests - more than 30 types of services in total (as of April 2022).

Aktivs

The Angara Security group of companies includes (as of April 2022):

• Angara Security System Integrator,
• commercial Security Operations Center - Angara SOC
• and the service provider of cybersecurity services under the subscription model - Angara MSS.

Performance indicators

2021: Revenue growth by 92% to RUB 6.1 billion

Angara Security's total revenue at the end of fiscal 2021 increased by 92% and amounted to 6.113 billion rubles. This was reported to TAdviser by company representatives on April 28, 2022. Angara Security has increased the share of revenue from the financial industry, the second place is occupied by the public sector, the third place belongs to telecom and IT. In the ranking TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2022 , Angara Security took 84th place.

According to Angara Security CEO Sergei Sherstobitov, over the reporting year, the company completed more than 150 projects, including such large-scale ones as the supply, implementation and configuration of hardware and software encryption systems in 92 regional facilities in less than 6 weeks.

"We have accumulated rich experience in cybersecurity of financial and insurance companies, government agencies and telecom operators over 7 years of work. This allows us to offer customers the proper level of expertise and service. It is important for us not only to meet the needs of the business, but also to be a reliable partner. To this end, we chose one of the principles of work to undertake obligations to people, and not abstract legal entities, "said Sergey Sherstobitov.

Angara Security remains among the fastest growing information security industry. So, in 2021, the company entered the top 25 largest IT service providers (compiled by TAdviser on revenue from IT services for 2020).

One of the factors that allowed the company to achieve high financial performance and rapid growth rates, Angara Security called the company's special attention to recruitment and to ensuring working conditions.

In addition, in 2021, the company expanded its geography of presence by opening an office in Tyumen. As of April 28, 2022, the Angara Security team has more than 200 specialists, two-thirds of whom are certified technical experts in the field of information security.

In 2022, Angara Security plans to develop success, including through the expansion of the portfolio of customers and vendors, as well as expertise of employees and, as a result, the list of services offered.

History

2024: Opening the internship season for students and graduates of 12 universities

In the summer of 2024, more than 30 students and graduates of specialized faculties for information security of Moscow universities will take part in the Angara Start internship and individual tracks. The selection was carried out by representatives of RTU MIREA, RSU Oil and Gas (NRU) named after I. M. Gubkin, REU named after G.V. Plekhanov, "Higher School of Economics" (NRU HSE), NRNU MEPhI, MTUSI, NRU "MPEI" and other educational institutions. Angara announced this on June 4, 2024.

In addition to partnership with universities, the company also implements the Angara Start internship program for students and graduates of universities in the areas of monitoring and analytics of information security incidents, technical support of information security infrastructure, integration of information security solutions, security analysis of web and mobile applications, DevSecOps, application systems. 19 novice specialists will be trained in these areas.

11 more people will take part in thematic tracks - consulting and audit of information security, the Monitoring Center and the department of monitoring and response systems within Angara SOC. In the direction of consulting and audit, students will study the methodology for implementing projects to provide information security for financial organizations, and prepare analytical materials for consulting projects. As a result, trainees will perform a project on test data in accordance with the requirements of GOST R 57580.1 and the provisions of the Bank of Russia.

In 2024, we changed the approach to organizing internships for novice specialists. The positive experience of Angara Start in 2022-2023 allowed us to attract even more students and internal experts interested in training personnel for their areas this year. In 2024, we introduced separate thematic tracks - on consulting and audit, security analysis - to select participants for them who have already chosen a certain specialization in information security, "said Alena Shchorba, personnel training and development manager.

2023

Opening of the season of educational programs for Russian universities

In October 2023, Angara Security opened the season educational of programs for the Russian universities. In partnership with specialized faculties,,, and RSUH MOUTH OF MIREA MEI Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas other universities, Angara Security will hold a series of practical events for cyber security students. The company announced this on October 27, 2023.

Master classes "Popular about cybersecurity" is the stage of Angara Security's strategic partnership with Russian universities to train personnel for the market. information security The company's experts participate in the preparation of educational programs and events for the relevant cybersecurity department IT and for the National Research University of MPEI, IT College "," for Sirius students of the Center for Training Managers and Teams of Digital Transformation of the Higher School of Economics. RANEPA

The project "Popular about cybersecurity" opens a series of lectures at the Institute of Information Sciences and Security Technologies of the Russian State University of the Humanities.

Angara Security experts will share their experience in designing the network security of organizations, using OSINT research in the field of cyber intelligence and to protect the brand of companies, and the practice of introducing cloud cybersecurity services for small and medium-sized businesses.

The Institute of Information Sciences and Security Technologies of the Russian State Humanitarian University has long been cooperating with one of the rapidly developing IT market companies, Angara Security, and interacts on professionally oriented issues in the field of information security, including the professional development of young employees, since the company has an excellent base of opportunities that it implements in the process of its activities. - said Dmitry Barannikov, Associate Professor of the Department of Comprehensive Information Protection of the IINTB of the Russian State Humanitarian University.

Cooperation between information security companies and universities allows us to qualitatively reduce the gap between educational programs and a rapidly changing reality. The shortage of personnel can only be overcome by reducing the period for which the junior specialist grows to the position of an expert. Therefore, Angara Security is developing mentoring programs, internships for students, educational projects with universities in order to integrate practical experience in implementing projects in cybersecurity, team expertise in professional training programs, "said Oksana Tkacheva, Director of Personnel at Angara Security.

The educational project "Popular about cybersecurity" will be implemented in partnership with universities in the 2023-2024 academic year. Students and graduates of universities will be able to undergo an internship under the Angara-Start program, which the company has been implementing since 2022. Students and graduates, depending on the training profile, practice on two tracks: a three-month program at the Engineering Center and a six-month program at the Angara SOC Cyber ​ ​ Resilience Center. In 2022-2023 more than 30 students completed the internship, of which 15 people were hired by the Angara Security Engineering Center.

Results of the internship program for students of Russian universities

Angara Security on September 7, 2023 summed up the results of the internship program 2022-2023 for students of Russian universities.

From 2022, Angara Security will organize the Angara-Start internship program for students and graduates of MPEI, RGGU, RGRTU, MIREA and other universities in the field of cybersecurity. In two years, about 30 students completed the internship, of which more than 15 people were hired by the Engineering Center.

Students and graduates, depending on the training profile, practice on two tracks: a three-month program at the Engineering Center and a six-month program at the Angara SOC Cyber ​ ​ Resilience Center.

The internship program is one of the projects that Angara Security is implementing in partnership with universities. In cooperation with the MPEI Research University, integrator specialists participate in the formation of the educational program of the Department of Security and Information Technology and the assessment of student knowledge.

Based on the knowledge assessment, students receive invitations to undergo industrial practice. In 2022, there were 10 such students, in 2023 - 9 people. We plan to develop a partnership between NRU MPEI and Angara Security in the future, - commented Alexander Nevsky, Director of the Engineering and Economic Institute (InEI) of MPEI.

During the Angara Start internship program, line managers and specialized engineers of the company organize a series of lectures, seminars, laboratory work on thematic modules. For example, the Engineering Center program includes Linux OS blocks, network technologies and infrastructure. Cyber ​ ​ Resistance Center trainees study in detail the solutions of Alertix, Security Vision and Positive Technologies. As a result of internships, students also receive certificates from vendors.

{{quote "For the information security market, it is important to reduce the period for which the junior specialist grows to the position of an expert. This can be implemented through mentoring programs, internships for students of specialized specialties, the launch of laboratories with stands for studying current software in universities and enterprises. Our experts participate in educational programs of Russian universities in the field of cybersecurity. This helps to bridge the gap between the rapidly changing reality and the student education program, - said the results of the 2023 program Oksana Tkacheva, director of personnel at Angara Security. }}

2022: Merging all lines of business under Angara Security brand

On February 7, 2022, the Angara Technologies Group announced that it was uniting all business areas under the Angara Security brand. This name reflects the scope of the company, and the updated corporate identity will become the same for all divisions.

There are several organizations in the Angara group of companies, and each of them is actively developing. As a result of the emergence of a large number of new services and directions, it became necessary to make the activities of all divisions of the company more understandable for current and potential customers - to speak with them in the same language in terms of terminology and at the same time ensure a unified perception of the company's brand.

As a result, it was decided to combine all business areas under the Angara Security brand. As part of the rebranding, sub-brands with new names and in a single visual style were created for separate divisions.

Angara Security is a group of companies providing a wide range of information security services, including system integration and software supplies, audit and consulting, penetration tests - more than 20 types of services in total.

Angara SOC is a commercial SOC (Security Operations Center), a cyber resilience center. Formerly known as ACRC. Provides incident monitoring and response services, brand protection, incident investigation, etc.

Angara MSS (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.

Together with the name, the changes also affected the visual style - the logo now uses a shade of orange with the symbolic name Safety Orange, and the signature star had to move forward, and a short version of the logo appeared - A with a star.

"We pursued several goals. Firstly, to make our business more understandable to the client - both in terms of names and in terms of visual unity of all group companies. Secondly, to optimize our expenses. Developing several brands at the same time is very expensive for business, and to maintain competitive prices, we keep marketing costs at a fairly moderate level. Now we will focus on the development of one brand. Along the way, we worked a little on the design - in particular, we made the logo more versatile for use in various formats. As our designer said, now the logo resembles a steam locomotive pulling wagons. I liked the metaphor. Angara and true in spirit as a steam locomotive - quickly moves forward, leads the movement, "said Natalya Raikova, Marketing Director of Angara Security.

2021

TAdviser interview with Deputy Technical Director Ruslan Kosarim

Ruslan Kosarim, Deputy Technical Director for Business Development of Angara Group of Companies, spoke in an interview with TAdviser about changes in the information security market under the influence of new trends in IT. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with founder and director Sergei Sherstobitov

In May 2021, the founder and CEO of the Angara group of companies Sergey Sherstobitov in an interview with TAdviser spoke about the results of the pandemic year for the field of information security and significant projects implemented during this period. Read more here.

Angara's exit from NGR Softlab share capital

According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, from May 20, 2021, the digging of Angara Technologies Group LLC (Angara) left the founders of Engiar Softlab LLC (NGR Softlab).

Allocation of the direction of software development to the independent company NGR Softlab

On May 18, 2021, Angara Group announced the allocation of the direction of software development to the independent company NGR Softlab with its partner and client network. The company already has a number of current developments in its portfolio and plans to increase its presence in the market in 2021. Read more here.

2020

Inclusion in the rating "Largest IT companies in Russia 2021"

Angara is included in the rating "The largest IT companies in Russia 2021 by revenue in 2020," prepared by TAdviser in June 2021. Read more here.

Revenue growth by 81.4% to RUB 3,189 million

At the end of 2020, the revenue of Angara Technologies Group of Companies amounted to 3,189 million rubles, an increase of 81.4% compared to 2019, which allowed it to take 99th place in the ranking of TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2021.

Inclusion in the TAdviser rating "Largest IT Service Providers"

Angara Technologies Group is included in the rating "Largest Suppliers IT services Russia by Revenue for 2020," prepared TAdviser in December 2021. More. here

Inclusion in the TAdviser rating "The largest IT suppliers in the Russian public sector"

Angara Technologies Group is included in IT public sector Russia the rating "Largest Suppliers by Revenue for 2020," prepared TAdviser in December 2021. More. here

Overview of high-profile cyber incidents

In February 2021, Anna Mikhailova, system architect of Angara Technologies Group, presented an overview of high-profile cyber incidents in 2020. Read more here.

Agreement with CyberPeak to protect unstructured data

On September 30, 2020, Angara Group announced the expansion of the product portfolio with the SPEKTR solution, the developer of which is the Russian manufacturer CyberPeak. The companies entered into an appropriate agreement. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with CEO Sergei Sherstobitov

In May 2020, Sergey Sherstobitov, founder and general director of the Angara group of companies, in an interview with TAdviser spoke about the potential of the information security market, the role of the state in its formation and the growth of demand for replicated security services. Read more here.

2019:35% revenue growth

May 8 Angara Group of Companies , 2020 announced the summing up of 2019 financial. During this period, the company's revenue grew by 35% compared to the previous year and amounted to 1.758 billion. rubles The staff increased 1.5 times - to 179 people.

The financial sector showed the greatest dynamics in the revenue slice by industry. Over the year, sales increased 2.5 times and amounted to 1.175 billion rubles. In general, the number of projects implemented doubled year-on-year, most of which also fell on the financial sector. So, in 2019, the team of the Angara group of companies built a large-scale network attack detection system for one of the largest banks in Russia with a total bandwidth of 420 Gbps, connected to its ACRC Cyber ​ ​ Resistance Center (SOC) JSC KB Unistream, and also completed the main stage of work on creating a core center for monitoring and responding to information security incidents for Ingosstrakh.

Traditionally, financial organizations become the main targets of attackers. Therefore, they are the first to face new types of attacks and are the first to introduce innovative approaches and tools to protect information security. Since cyber intrusions are directly related to the threat of significant financial losses, they are obliged to work ahead of the curve in information security issues.

The second and third places in terms of the share of revenue of the Angara group of companies in 2019 are the state and telecommunications sectors, respectively. Companies from these industries are also technology leaders and are actively developing the direction of digital services, which involves collecting and storing a large amount of data that cybercriminals hunt.

Revenue from services IT-outsourcing in 2019 increased by 25% compared to 2018. At the same time, the service direction of the group of companies showed an increase of more than 50%. This is due to the surge in business interest in replicated information security services provided by the subsidiary of the Angara group of companies. Angara Professional Assistance Service customers provider - A wide range of replicated services is available, cyber security from the affordable Security Health Check to services. ACRC Cyber Resilience Center

The information security service has a number of undeniable advantages: the speed of service deployment, the ability to transfer costs from CAPEX to OPEX and solve problems with personnel shortages and unskilled personnel, as well as savings on PHY. The service model involves flexible charging, which means that medium or even small businesses can provide high-level information security.

Despite economic turbulence, Angara Group expects to increase sales in 2020 by at least 30%. Since the beginning of the period All-Russian of self-isolation, the workload of technical specialists has already increased by 20%. This is due to the fact that the need for information security not only did not decrease, but also increased due to the massive transition of companies to, remote work the growth of fraud on the topic, COVID-19 as well as the awareness by many enterprises of the need to build a cyber security policy.

2018: Elastic Technology Expertise Centre

ANGARA TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, an integrator of information security systems and solutions, announced in June the opening of the Elastic Technology Expertise Center (formerly ELK). The direction will help customers solve the problems of flexible collection, storage and processing of data in the field of IT, information security and other data based on the global open source ELK technology, which is already used by companies such as Citibank, eBay, Facebook, Volkswagen, Vimeo and other companies. The technical and professional equipment of the Angara Professional Assistance Examination Center allows you to offer its services to corporations and mid-sized companies.

ANGARA is a team of like-minded people with experience in the information security market. As of 2018, ANGARA has a number of implemented projects to modernize and optimize information security systems of large state and commercial organizations. The company's portfolio includes more than 70 implementation projects in organizations of the financial, telecommunications industry, the public sector, as well as more than 70 vendors of information security solutions.

2017

Angara Technologies Group is a system integrator specializing in the design, implementation and maintenance of information security systems and solutions. The focus of the company is to optimize the business processes of customers and create additional value for them.

Launch of information security monitoring services based on the Cyber ​ ​ Resistance Center

Angara on November 22, 2017 announced the launch of information security monitoring services based on the ACRC Cyber ​ ​ Resilience Center. As a result, the company's customers have access to security monitoring services in 24x7x365 mode with the ability to fully remotely connect the service in a few hours. Read more here.

Entry into the SOC services market: expansion of the FSTEC license for TZKI

Angara Technologies Group on October 16, 2017 announced the expansion of the license for the activities of technical protection of confidential information (TZKI) FSTEC Russia for services for monitoring information security means and systems of informatization, which is associated with a strategic plan to enter the market of replicated services of its own Security Operations Center (SOC).

Angara Technologies Group intends to develop the direction of activity under the Security as a Service model. According to CEO Sergei Sherstobitov, the company sees potential in cloud information security services for its customers, which allow customers to place their information security processes under responsible management: from monitoring to incident management. The total cost of ownership of such a solution will be 2-5 times less than the creation of SOC based on existing solutions and services on the market, which increases its availability even for small companies, he stressed.

In order to obtain a license of the FSTEC of Russia for information security monitoring services for informatization tools and systems, it is necessary to meet the requirements for the composition and number of the expert team, technical equipment, documentation and others.

In general, according to the company's idea, the development of a service model of information security in Angara Technologies Group will provide customers of different profiles and sizes with affordable and reliable information security services.

Increase in the number of technical specialists

Angara Technologies Group, a system integrator in the field of information security, on September 26, 2017 announced a doubling of the staff of technical specialists compared to the corresponding period in 2016.

As noted, the company's business model is built around people who act as the main driver of growth. To achieve its goals, Angara Technologies Group strives to strengthen its position in areas such as technical competencies, project management, and strategic planning.

We have a team of like-minded people, including system architects, project managers and experts in the field of information security. We use an agile approach in team interaction, we are rapidly growing and attracting personnel, "said Sergey Sherstobitov, CEO of Angara Technologies Group.

Partnership

Entensys Enterprise Partner

Angara has received Gold partner status from the Russian developer of secure Internet access technologies, flexible user management and improving the quality of Internet access - Entensys. According to the new partner status, Angara receives additional technical, technological and marketing support from Entensys, the opportunity to train its technical and sales specialists to work with the company's solutions, as well as additional discounts on its products.

Aladdin R.D..

Angara received Gold partner status from the leading Russian developer and provider of authentication tools - Aladdin R.D. According to the new partner status, Angara receives additional technical, technological and marketing support from Aladdin R.D., the opportunity to train its technical and sales specialists to work with the company's solutions, as well as additional discounts on its products.

Solar Security As part of the agreements reached, Angara plans to offer Solar Security solutions to enterprises in the financial sector, telecom and the public sector, etc. The first step will be the training of implementation engineers and sales specialists of Angara Technologies Group. It will focus on the capabilities of the Solar Dozor 6 DLP solution. In addition, the companies plan to launch a joint marketing promotion, including PR activities in the media and various events: business dinners, round tables, etc.

2016

Revenue growth of 215.8%

In 2016, ANGARA's revenue amounted to 540 million rubles, which is 215.8% higher than in 2015. In the ranking " TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia" at the end of 2016, ANGARA took 88th place.

ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and ISO 9001:2015 Certificate of Conformity

In November, Angara, a system integrator of information security solutions, received confirmation of the compliance of the information security management system (SMIB) with the requirements of the international standard ISO/IEC 27001:2013, as well as the compliance of the quality management system with the ISO 9001:2015 standard.

The availability of these certificates confirms the high level of information security management, as well as the availability of well-functioning quality management processes in ANGARA as a result of the implemented set of organizational and technical protection measures. In addition, this provides additional guarantees for the security of information and data of ANGARA customers and confirms that the services provided to customers meet the requirements of international quality standards.

Certificate GOST R 54869 - 2011 "Project Management. Project Management Requirements "

In the summer of 2016, ANGARA confirmed compliance with the requirements of GOST R 54869 - 2011 "Project Management. Project Management Requirements. " Passing a certification audit indicates that the company performs projects without disrupting the deadlines or exceeding budgets, and the planning and management processes comply with the best world practices.

The document confirming compliance with the requirements of the standard combines the best world experience and generally accepted approaches in the field of project management. An important feature of the standard is the practical component aimed at solving real business problems and minimizing the risks of failure to complete the project. Thus, according to GOST R 54869 - 2011, project management includes 5 stages: the process of initiation, planning, organization of execution, control and completion of the project. The presence of a GOST certificate means that all these processes in the company are built and well-functioning, which allows us to talk about the high efficiency of the projects being carried out. The certification audit was carried out by PM Expert, a leader in the field of project management in Russia.