Wednesday, July 20, 2016

FSB explained the requirements of the “Spring Package” for certification of encryption – RBC

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As part of the “Spring package” need for mandatory certification of encryption on the Internet is not, according to the FSB report. This requirement will affect only vehicles used for the transmission of state secrets

«mandatory certification coding tools (encryption) for the transmission of messages in the information and telecommunication network Internet, massively used for the protection of information not constituting a state secret, including in subscriber devices and mobile phone base stations, computers, equipment, information and telecommunication network Internet, to meet the requirements is not required, “information security, – stated in the FSB, which was published on the ministry website

it. notes that under Russian law mandatory certification of encryption and information protection is only for the funds intended for the protection of information that contain state secrets.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov said that one of the requirements of anti-terror “package spring “,” which in its present form does not allow its normal enforcement “, is the question of the certification of communication facilities used for encoding and encryption and transmission encryption key issues resembles Tass.

adopted by the State Duma in June a package of anti-terrorism legislation It requires the operators due to the July 20, 2016 to store information about the facts of reception, transmission, delivery and processing of voice and text messages, images, sounds and video in three years. For Internet companies are also obliged to keep this information, the shelf life is one year.

At the same time, according to the package of laws, telecom operators and Internet companies are required to provide this information at the request of the special services. All this information will also need to provide special services on request.

In addition, the “Spring Package” provides that Internet companies to disclose encryption keys messages using additional coding.

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