Los A.B., Kabanov A.S., Vodolazhenko A.A. The problems with establishing an effective system of detecting and countering cyber-attacks in the Russian Federation

Abstract: This article reviews the problems of creating a government system of detecting, warning, and liquidating the effects of cyber-attacks on the informational resources of the nation. It presents an analysis of a global legal practice with regards to defense against cyber threats, and the analysis of the solutions to this issue within Russia. The article lists the main stages of execution of attacks on the information systems, and the structure of the system that detects and neutralizes them. It validates the need to establish an effective system of countermeasures to cyber-attacks; underlines the difficulties in the process of its creation; gives an analysis of the current state and possibilities of further developments within Russia’s electronics industry. Based on this research, the article offers and substantiates solutions to this problem, and formulates the key conclusions and recommendations on how to solve it. To address the issues presented, the article offers a method of theoretical analysis of the initial data in various areas of the problem at hand, method of summarizing the gained results, and devising the necessary ways of solving it. The relevance of the problem in question has to do with the constantly escalating antagonism between world’s nations in the cyberspace, and the open entanglement of number of countries into cyber warfare. This article is written in response to the order of Russia’s president to create an effective system of defending the country against threats in the area of information. The scientific novelty of this work consists in the theoretical analysis of all sides of this problem, including analysis of the global cyber law, the state of Russia’s electronic components base, and development in the area of software solutions. Based on the results of this analysis, the authors offer the ways to create the government system of security against cyber threats.

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