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The law "About the security of critical information infrastructure" has been in force since 2018 in Russia and it is aimed to the protection of key enterprises of the country from cyberattacks. Among objects of critical information infrastructure are communication networks and information systems of governmental bodies, enterprises of the defense industry, transport, credit and financial sector, energy, fuel and nuclear industry, etc.

According to research of FinCERT, employees of 75% of Russian banks click on the links in phishing emails. 38% of banking applications for iOS have high-risk vulnerabilities, for Android this figure is 43%.

Here are key purchases of the first half of June in the sphere of ensuring a city safety. Tenders are held in Moscow and Sakhalin regions. All contracts are related to video surveillance and video identification systems. The initial maximum price of contracts is more than 420 million rubles.

Axis Communications announced that the most popular lines of cameras for the transport sector received a certificate of the scientific and production Association "Special equipment and communication" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Certification regulates the list of products that meet the requirements and quality standards of the Decree of the Government of Russia on September 26, 2016, № 969 to ensure transport security. Axis cameras have passed the necessary tests and can be freely installed on transport infrastructure facilities in Russia to ensure the safety of people and the safety of tangible property. The certification confirms the quality of products and makes the work of the company's partners easier, because the installation of solutions don’t require additional checks.

On July 5, 2019, IBS reported that its service for Groupe PSA includes the support of users of financial and logistics processes in SAP ERP and SAP EWM systems, as well as monitoring of changes in the Russian legislation and development of recommendations for system adaptation. The transition to outsourcing has freed up qualified resources to solve the strategic goals of IT development of Groupe PSA.

As part of the preparation to the international Forum of Security & Safety Technologies2020, a closed consultation meeting of specialists of the Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod subways with representatives of manufacturers and suppliers of security systems was held on the 21st of May, where they discussed urgent tasks of the metro, specifics of facilities, risks, measures to improve the security system and the level of protection of subways.

In 2019 more than 80% of attacks on bank customers are carried out using social engineering methods. Previously, the attackers used for psychological pressure pensioners but this year in Russia there was a new trend – the target audience for hackers was the population aged 25-30 years. This and other discoveries in the field of information security noted at a press conference Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank.

Here are the main tenders in the field of security systems in crowded places. It’s about such areas as the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky Administrative districts of Moscow, the "Regional Information Center" of Moscow, the cultural and entertainment complex "Arena-2000" of Yaroslavl and the Amur hockey school in Khabarovsk. Video surveillance, fire alarm and access control systems will cost a total of 594 million rubles.

Hytera company (China), a leading global provider of innovative communication solutions for the professional mobile radio (Professional Mobile Radio, PMR), presented the solution DMR Tier II for the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Affairs for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia) to provide digital mobile radio (Digital Mobile Radio, DMR) and public security during the Winter Universiade-2019, which took place from 2nd to 12th of March, 2019 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Hyperledger is a joint open source project, founded to promote blockchain technologies with a help of realization of functions, necessary for the open inter branch standard of distributed registry. This is the international project, including leading companies in the sphere of finance, banking sector, IoT, logistics, manufacturing and technologies. Hyperledger project is functioning under the support of The Linux Foundation.