December 7, 2018 in Astana, a conference was opened on the theme “Information Security in the Industrial Sector”. The event was organized by the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MOAP RK) jointly with JSC “Transtelecom”.
The conferences, which will last two days, is attended by the heads and specialists of organizations in various industries that are included in the List of Critically important objects of the Information and Communication Infrastructure of the Country.
The Vice-Minister of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Timur Shaimergenov, made a welcoming speech at the conference and noted that at present there is a need to develop common approaches to solving the problematic issues of information security in the industrial sector.
Speaking at the conference, Zh. Nadyrov, Chairman of the Board of JSC “Transtelecom”, informed about the work on data protection of the country’s critically important objects of information and communication infrastructure, which is held jointly with the MDAI of the RK.
During the conference, the Chairman of the Committee on Information Security of MOAP RK Dmitry Goloburda informed the participants on the work done in the field of information security, as well as on the development of operational information security centers in the country.
Also at the event will discuss the creation of an industrial center for cybersecurity. The speakers at the conference are representatives of “Kaspersky Lab” (Russia), “Positive Technologies” (Russia), “Honeywell” (USA), “CyberX” (Israel), and “STM” (Turkey).