The Federal Service for Technical and Export Control of Russia (FSTEC of Russia / FSTEK) is a military agency of the

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, under the Russian

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. It licenses the export of weapons and

dual-use technology In politics, diplomacy and export control, dual-use items refer to goods, software and technology that can be used for both civilian and military applications.

items, and is also responsible for Russian military

information security Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data ...

. FSTEC of Russia maintains the Data Security Threats Database, Russia's national vulnerability database. and requires Western technology companies to submit source code and other trade secrets before allowing their products to be imported into Russia. FSTEC also liaises with the FSB, which controls

cryptography Cryptography, or cryptology (from "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or ''-logy, -logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of Adversary (cryptography), ...

in Russia. In 2019, FSTEC of Russia granted

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special status regarding its use in processing Russian classified information.

References

Departments of the Ministry of Defence (Russia) Computer security in Russia Computer security organizations {{Government of the Russian Federation