In particular, from 2025, institutions and state-owned companies are prohibited from using information security tools produced in unfriendly countries.
“Recently, there are indeed a very large number of cases when so-called bookmarks are introduced into software.
These are undocumented features that allow you to gain unauthorized remote access, distribute campaign materials, and so on, ”the expert said.
In his opinion, "bookmarks" are especially characteristic of freely distributed software, but one cannot exclude the possibility that representatives of unfriendly countries "may also introduce undocumented features into their software that performs protective functions."
“Software that performs protective functions is related to information security and has elevated privileges in the systems on which it performs protection.
In fact, such privileged software, in the presence of undocumented capabilities, can completely take control of the system on which it is installed, ”Tatarinov added.
Earlier it became known that Putin signed a decree on measures to ensure the information security of Russia.