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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 00:10:37+00:00

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Statute on the Council for the Development of the Information Society Under the President of the Republic of Belarus. Chapter 2. Point 5. One of the main functions of the council is to define measures to strengthen information security.
The National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) is responsible for cyber threat analysis.
Belarusian State University hosts a Bachelor’s level programme “Computer security” embracing the following specialisations: “Complex provision of information security of telecommunication and information systems”; ”Software and hardware and information security systems”; “Intellectual technologies of information systems protection”; “Modeling and analysis of information systems”.
Belarusian State University hosts a Master’s level programme “1-98 80 02 - Mathematical and Information Security Software”. The same programme is hosted by Polotsk State University.
The PhD programmes on specialty “05.13.19 – Methods and systems of information protection; information security” are officially acknowledged by the High Attestation Committee. The passport of the programme is published. The PhD courses and Habilitation on this specialty are suggested by Belarusian State University and Belarusian State University for Informatics and Radioelectronics and acknowledged by the High Attestation Committee.
Antiterrorist center of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States that is also specialized in countering cyber-attacks was created by the Decision of the Council of CIS Heads of State of June 21, 2000, is a permanent specialized branch body of the CIS and is intended to ensure coordination of interaction between the competent bodies of the CIS member states in the field of combating international terrorism and other manifestations of extremism.
Art 6.2 The requirements of Technical codes of practice TKP 483-2013 "Information technology and security. Safe operation and reliable operation of critically important objects of informatisation. General requirements" (complies with ISO/IEC 27001) are mandatory for entities engaged in activities related to the creation and operation of critically important objects of informatisation. The Technical Code sets requirements to operational reliability and safe operation.
The Operations and Analysis Center under the President of the Republic of Belarus is authorized to: coordinate the activities of state bodies and other organizations to provide technical protection of information processed on critically important objects of informatisation; create and maintain the State Register of critically important objects of informatisation, as well as provide information from it to authorized state bodies and organisations; within its authority – to supervise the activity ensuring the technical protection of information processed on critically important objects of informatisation; adopt normative legal acts on the assignment of objects to critically important objects of informatisation and ensuring their safety; realise other powers in the field of operation and maintenance of critically important objects of informatisation established by legislative acts.
The Operations and Analysis Center under the President of the Republic of Belarus is authorized to: coordinate the activities of state bodies and other organizations to provide technical protection of information processed on critically important objects of informatisation; within its authority – to supervise the activity ensuring the technical protection of information processed on critically important objects of informatisation; adopt normative legal acts on the assignment of objects to critically important objects of informatisation and ensuring their safety.
All citizen of the Republic of Belarus as well as other categories of physical entities registered in the State Population Register, also have the unique identification number that is assigned to a person for a lifetime. Since 2013, this also concerns the children since they obtain a certificate of birth. DECISION OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS October 18, 2011 No. 345» establishes the order of formation of the “Identification number, which is the main identifying characteristic of an individual in the process of entering his personal data into information systems, updating, excluding, storing, restoring, providing and using them” .
For legal entities, the payer’s account number (УНП/PAN) assigned to them at registration of the legal entity is used as a unique identifier.
National automated information system (portal for e-services).
Operations and Analysis Center under the President of the Republic of Belarus is responsible for the supervision of qualified trust service providers and for granting the qualified status. The procedure for the accreditation of service providers in GosSUOC and for monitoring compliance with accreditation conditions is determined by the "Instruction on the procedure for accreditation of service providers in the State system for managing public keys for checking the electronic digital signature of the Republic of Belarus and for monitoring compliance with accreditation conditions" approved by the OAC Order of November 29 2013 No. 89.
CERT.BY is the National Computer Emergency Response Team of the Republic of Belarus, it was launched and is maintained by the Operation and Analytical Center under the President of Belarus.
The Criminal Code of Belarus contains a chapter defining the criminal offences and sanctions for attacks against information systems and computer data: Chapter 31. Crimes against information security (Art. 349. Unauthorized access to computer information; Art. 350. Modification of computer information; Art. 351. Computer sabotage; Art. 352. Illegal occupation of computer information; Art. 353. Manufacture or sale of special funds for unauthorized access to a computer system or network; Art. 354. The development, use or distribution of malware; Art. 355. Violation of the rules of operation of a computer system or network”.
The Office for the Detection of High-Tech Crime at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (Office “K”) is an independent operational and search division of the Ministry, directly subordinate to the Head of the Main Directorate of Criminal Police.
Deputy Minister of Defense, Major General has announced that special units to combat cyber threats are created in the Belarusian army.
A joint anti-terrorist exercise of states-participants of the Commonwealth of Independent States "Cyber-Antiterror-2016" (including Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia) was held in 2016 in Novolukoml (Belarus). The legend was that one of extremist websites had published an appeal to the international terrorist organization of massive computer DDoS-attacks on the servers of critical infrastructure in Belarus.

References: Art 6
 Art. 350
 Art. 351
 Art. 352
 Art. 353
 Art. 354
 Art. 355