MTS RED Serenity cyber security earlier MTS Cybersecurity

MTS RED is a subsidiary of MTS in the field of cybersecurity.

History

2024

Opening of additional MTS RED SOC monitoring centers

MTS RED has expanded the network of divisions of the MTS RED SOC cyber attack monitoring and response center. Branches in Kazan, Chelyabinsk and Izhevsk were added to offices in Moscow, Krasnodar, Khabarovsk and Yaroslavl. The company announced this on September 16, 2024.

The creation of MTS RED SOC representative offices is associated with an increase in the number of customers, including in the regions of Russia. MTS RED SOC Cyber Attack Monitoring and Response Center monitors events in the IT infrastructures of customer companies around the clock, detects cyber threats and blocks hackers. The efficiency of the center for monitoring and responding to cyber attacks is ensured by extensively used cybersecurity technologies, well-functioning interaction processes, as well as expertise of cyber threat analysts. The growing number of cybersecurity experts in the MTS RED SOC staff will provide customers with an increase in the quality of service and responsiveness to cyber attacks.

We are actively developing MTS RED SOC both in terms of protection technologies and personnel. Using the services of an external monitoring center allows companies to get a working function for round-the-clock detection of cyber threats in the shortest possible time and removes from customers the task of hiring their own staff of cybersecurity specialists, their training and retention. This is a significant problem, especially in the regions. According to the data, the Ministry of Digital Development Russia shortage of personnel in IT-in industries to the country is 500-700 thousand people, and according to the study ANO "Digital Economy" and the portal, in the information hh.ru security segment this demand is one of the highest, - said Ilnaz Gataullin, technical director of the MTS RED SOC cyber attack monitoring and response center of MTS RED.

Since the beginning of 2024, the MTS RED SOC cyber attack monitoring and response center has repelled about 50 thousand hacker attacks - 57% more than in the previous half of the year. At the same time, the total number of highly critical attacks that can cause long-term downtime or damage in the amount of a million rubles increased by 66% in 2024. The largest share of highly critical attacks (69%) fell on critical information infrastructure. Also, noticeable shares of serious attacks fell on the media (12%) and IT companies (10%).

In addition, MTS RED plans to actively cooperate with leading universities in the points of regional presence. The purpose of such cooperation is practical preparation of students of IT specialties to work in the field of information security - in particular, in the role of analysts of the first line of MTS RED SOC, who conduct the initial processing of information about suspicious events in the IT infrastructures of customers according to previously developed instructions.

TAdviser interview with product portfolio director Sergei Petrenko

At the end of August, news appeared that MTS RED created a prototype of its high-performance multifunctional firewall - MTS RED NGFW. Sergey Petrenko, director of the MTS RED product portfolio, spoke about its capabilities and prospects, as well as about the development trends of the Russian NGFW market. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with product portfolio director Sergei Petrenko

Sergey Petrenko, Director for Product Portfolio of MTS RED, answered TAdviser's questions about drivers of information security market development, solving the personnel issue in the industry with the help of advanced technologies and projects of the company. Read more here.

Appointment of Ivan Vassunov as General Director

On July 2, 2024, MTS RED, a member of MTS PJSC, informed TAdviser about the appointment of Ivan Vassunov as General Director. Read more here.

2023

TAdviser interview with Senior Product Manager Sergei Deyev

MTS RED, a young but already well-known player in the Russian cybersecurity market, has announced the release of the MTS RED ASOC platform, which is designed to manage secure development processes. Secure development, Senior Product Manager of MTS RED ASOC of MTS RED, told TAdviser in December 2023 about what prerequisites have formed in companies the need to automate Sergei Deyev tools, as well as about trends in the information security (information security) industry. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with CTO Denis Makrushin

Denis Makrushin, Technical Director of MTS RED, answered TAdviser's questions in November 2023 about the cyber stability of the business, effective protection against cyber threats and the company's products. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with the head of the cybersecurity services center Andrei Dugin

Read about the situation in the Russian commercial SOC market (Security Operation Center), development prospects and growth drivers in an interview, Andrey Dugin head of the RED service center cyber security. MTS Read more here [1]

Rebranding

On March 30, 2023, the company announced that as part of the general rebranding of MTS, MTS Cybersecurity received the name MTS RED.

2022: Establishing a company

In August 2022, MTS created a company in the field of information security - Serenity Cyber ​ ​ Security LLC. The authorized capital of this legal entity amounted to 200 million rubles, according to the data of the SPARK-Interfax system.

MTS is the sole owner of Serenity Cyber Security LLC. The main activity of the new company is related to software development.

MTS created "Serenity cyber security"

The representative of MTS in a conversation with Vedomosti confirmed that the company was created to develop and promote innovative products in the field of information security (information security), for which there is a growing demand on the market. Demand, he said, is due to the increase and scaling of the level of threats, as well as the withdrawal of foreign suppliers and vendors from the market.

At the initial stage, the company will develop and sell SOC services already developed and used by MTS within the group to the foreign market. By the end of 2023, it is planned to bring new products to the market, the company told the newspaper.

As reported TASS with reference to the data published in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRUL), the Director General of Serenity Cyber ​ ​ Security LLC has been appointed cyber security and the MTS Director is the former Executive Vice President for Corporate Business. "Kaspersky Lab Evgenia Naumova

According to data from the unified register, Serenity Cyber ​ ​ Security LLC is also engaged in the production of computers, peripheral and communication equipment, as well as carries out advisory and data processing activities. In addition, the company is engaged in the creation and use of databases and information resources.

Experts interviewed by the publication consider the creation of a company a logical step for MTS: the cybersecurity market is growing at an explosive pace. The growth in demand for solutions for protecting information assets is associated with an unprecedented surge in cyber attacks over the past six months, said Anton Golubkov, a leading expert at Information Security at CROC IT company.^[1]

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