Tasks and functions of the department for the protection of state secrets and mobilization training. Tasks and functions of the department for the protection of state secrets and mobilization training Service officer zgt

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Organization, provision and control of protection of state secrets and protection of information from unauthorized access at informatization objects (development of organizational and planning documents, organization of secret office work, admission work, management of an information protection body, control of compliance with HRT and IS requirements in the structural divisions of the Institute) ...

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Higher specialized professional education and work experience (military service) in the Ministry of Defense of Russia and in other law enforcement agencies. Preference is given to candidates with experience in military service or similar public service.

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Full-time. 5-day working week, working day from 8.30 to 17.30.
Registration for work according to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
Payment of a monthly bonus, as well as remuneration at the end of the year. There is a canteen and the possibility of providing additional medical care in the departmental polyclinic of the RF Ministry of Defense. When granting the annual basic leave, material assistance is paid (depending on the length of service at the Institute). The specific salary is determined by the head of the institution based on the results of the interview. After 3 months of work, a personal increasing coefficient to the official salary can be set. Full time at the employer's premises.

13 NOVEMBER S.G. THE SERVICE OF PROTECTING STATE SECRETS of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation turns 90 years old. Lieutenant-General Yevgeny MARUSIN, who has been heading this important link in the command and control system since 2007, tells about little-known pages in the history of this special service.

- Comrade Lieutenant General! Due to the specifics of the tasks entrusted to the Service under your leadership, not only its activities, but also its history are practically unknown to the military, and even more so to the civilian readership of our magazine. Please open some pages of the management annals.

“For nine decades, many interesting and instructive, tragic and heroic events have taken place in the life of our special service.

The official date of its creation is November 13, 1918, when, in the course of the reorganization of the All-Russian General Staff, by order No. 217 of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (RVSR), a General and a special department with a staff of 14 employees was formed.

This day is celebrated as the date of the creation of a special service in the Armed Forces of our state.

At the same time, a special unit was formed as part of the Field Headquarters of the RVSR. Then special bodies were created in the Main Artillery Directorate, the Central Directorate of Military Communications, the Communications Directorate, the Supply Directorate and a number of other directorates.

By 1920, the creation of full-time special agencies in the headquarters of fronts, military districts, armies and divisions was basically completed, which in fact meant the creation in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA) of the foundations of a system of covert command and control of troops (forces).

It should be especially noted that during this period the first Soviet military special documents were developed and began to be applied, experience was accumulated in organizing and implementing covert communications, the first guiding documents on the special service were created, and a cadre of specialists grew on practical work. In other words, the foundations of the state secret protection service were laid in the Red Army and the Navy.

Later, the optimization of the structure, composition and number of the Central Cipher Department, which since 1926 was transformed into the 2nd Department of the Office of the People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs (NKVMD). In September 1930, this department was transformed into the 7th department of the RKKA headquarters, and on October 13, 1930, into the 8th department of the RKKA headquarters, which became the central encryption body of the RKKA.

His work was mainly carried out in the following areas:

• studying the theoretical and practical heritage of the past in cryptography;
• improvement of published documents of hidden communication;
• development and implementation of uniform guidelines;
• selection and training of personnel;
• improving the organizational structure;
• introduction of means of mechanization of special communications;
• generalization of the experience of work of special agencies in combat conditions.

- Where and how were the specialists trained then?

- As you know, the young Red Army did not have such specialists. At first, their training was carried out at the workplace in the course of practical work. On November 15, 1929, in Moscow under the 2nd department of the NKVMD Administration of Affairs, special advanced training courses for middle and senior command personnel began to function with a regular number of students in the combined arms department of 70 people. and sea - 25 people. The courses were formed in an abbreviated version without the management apparatus and command and teaching staff and were attached to the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze.

This date became the date of the formation of the current main military educational institution for the training of specialists for the protection of state secrets - the Krasnodar Higher Military School (Military Institute) named after General of the Army S.M. Shtemenko.

Graduates of the courses took an active part in the hostilities at the lake. Hasan, b. Khalkhin Gol, in the war with Finland, in Spain and China.

By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the courses had prepared and sent about 2,000 officers to the troops. It was they who headed most of the special agencies of the headquarters of the fronts, districts, armies and divisions by the beginning of the war, and also ensured the mobilization deployment of special agencies.

- What else was interesting in the 1930s?

- First of all, the order of the People's Commissar of Defense (NKO) of July 19, 1939, by which the 8th department of the General Staff of the Red Army was renamed the Special Service Department and included as an independent structural unit in the Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Red Army.

The leadership of the special agencies from the General Staff to the corps was entrusted to the corresponding operational directorates and departments, and in divisions equal to and below them, the special agencies remained directly subordinate to the chiefs of staff.

It should also be noted that in the pre-war years the tasks and functions of the service were expanded and concretized. The special agencies were entrusted with the tasks of directing and monitoring the state of the work of special sectors (office work). In September 1937, the functions of organizing covert command and control of troops (forces) were finally returned to the special agencies.

- So, we leafed through the management chronicle before the start of the Great Patriotic War. How prepared were the special agencies for such a severe test?

- In general, the structure, composition and number of special agencies, the organization of their work in the pre-war period corresponded to the tasks and requirements for the command and control system of troops (forces).

At the same time, the very first days of the war showed that they could not cope with the work with their pre-war strength. Therefore, by order of the People's Commissar for Defense of August 18, 1941, the Office of the Special Service of the General Staff of the Red Army was created with a total of 197 servicemen and 50 employees.

By order of the NKO dated October 7, 1941, this Directorate was transformed into the 8th Directorate, and all special agencies were renamed into independent numbered departments (divisions): in the headquarters of the fronts and armies - in the 8th division, in the headquarters of the corps (divisions) - in 6th departments (divisions), with direct subordination to the chiefs of the respective headquarters.

During the war, the organizational structure, composition and number of special agencies were repeatedly changed due to the increased importance of the service and the role of special agencies in the general command and control system of troops (forces), changes in tasks and an increase in the volume of work carried out.

During the war, there was a very large increase in the number of personnel. During the war years, 5530 special agencies were formed and reorganized, and 15634 specialists were sent to staff them. Combat losses during the Great Patriotic War amounted to 2,163 people.

What was the main task of the special agencies during the war years?

In short, providing the command of all levels with special communications.

In the first months of the war, the flow of information was several times greater than the physical capabilities of the special forces personnel. The officers worked hard for days, leaving only to eat, resting for two or three hours a day.

Great difficulties arose in the implementation of special communications with the headquarters of formations and units that were surrounded, as well as in the conduct of continuous battles.

But in any conditions of a combat situation, special agencies sought to provide command with uninterrupted special communications, using various methods of accelerated information processing.

It should be especially noted that the personnel of the service during the war showed exceptional courage and high skill, working in incredibly difficult and difficult conditions under bombing and artillery and mortar fire, in dugouts and dugouts.

Our prominent commanders and military leaders highly appreciated the work of special agencies during the Great Patriotic War.

What tasks did the special agencies solve in the post-war period?

First of all, mastering and generalizing the experience of organizing and implementing special communications in combat conditions and introducing it into the practice of the work of special agencies and special training of personnel.

This work was carried out in the following main areas:

• preparation and publication of generalized materials, collections, abstracts describing the experience of special agencies in combat conditions;
• introduction of work experience during the war years into combat and special training of personnel;
• development of new guidelines for special work taking into account the experience of the war, etc.

It should be noted that this experience made it possible for many years to determine the main directions of the development of the service, which is the most important link in the command and control system of troops (forces), without which hidden control is unthinkable, the secrecy of transmitted information.

Therefore, the main task of the activities of special agencies in the peacetime post-war period was to constantly maintain them in a high degree of combat readiness.

- And what is the main thing in your work today, Evgeny Nikolaevich?

- First of all, to keep up with the times, to clarify the tasks and functions of the Service in accordance with the ongoing and planned measures to improve the structure, composition and strength of the Armed Forces, in close connection with changes in the socio-economic situation in the country, the processes of democratization and openness of society.

On the whole, our Directorate, as before, solves special tasks to provide the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with the necessary information to fulfill the current tasks of managing the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Among our main tasks:

• organization of measures to comply with the secrecy regime in military command and control bodies, formations, military units and organizations of the Armed Forces;
• organization of covert command and control of troops and weapons;
• organization of information protection from unauthorized access;
• ensuring information security of the Russian Ministry of Defense in the field of mass media;
• organization of the work of the systems for certification of information security means of the Ministry of Defense in accordance with the established requirements for information security and licensing of the activities of military command and control bodies, formations, military units and organizations for admission to work related to the use of information constituting a state secret;
• coordination of the activities of the military command and control bodies of the Armed Forces related to the protection of information constituting a state secret.

The ultimate goal of this work is to establish and maintain in the Armed Forces such an order that would exclude the transfer of information constituting a state secret and other information recognized by the military command and control bodies as not subject to disclosure.

- What technical means are used by the Service specialists when performing the listed tasks?

- At present, several dozen types of modern special equipment, auxiliary equipment and special control rooms are supplied to the bodies of the State Secret Protection Service of the Armed Forces.

With the direct participation of specialists from the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, work continues on the creation of new promising models of special communications equipment.

- In conclusion, Evgeny Nikolaevich, what would you like to convey through our magazine to your colleagues, veterans of the Service in connection with its 90th anniversary?

- First of all, I would like to note that the workers of special bodies were and are now a model of vigilance, devotion to duty, they show an example of selfless service to our Fatherland. Among them there are many who honorably performed their duty in "hot spots", participated in the elimination of the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in the course of counter-terrorist operations in the North Caucasus, the operation to force Georgia to peace in August of this year. I wish all the personnel of the Service, dear veterans, good health, optimism, faith in the future and family well-being!

photo from the archive of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces

MARUSIN Evgeny Nikolaevich was born on October 21, 1954 in the village of Melikhovskaya Rostov Region. In 1972-1973. Served as conscript in the Turkestan Military District.
In 1977 he graduated from the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School and served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany as the commander of a reconnaissance platoon, reconnaissance company of the regiment, and chief of reconnaissance of the regiment. After graduating from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze served in command and staff positions in a motorized rifle division, the headquarters of the Transcaucasian Military District and the Group of Russian Forces in the Transcaucasus.
After graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 1997, he held positions of responsibility at the headquarters of the North Caucasian Military District. Since December 2001, Chief of Intelligence - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Ground Forces.
By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 29, 2007, he was appointed Chief of the Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Candidate of technical sciences. He was awarded the orders "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree, "For personal courage", Courage, "For military services" and ten medals.

In modern conditions, electronic warfare (EW) is one of the main types of operational support for military operations. The experience of local wars and armed conflicts shows that the use of electronic warfare forces and means can lead, for example, to an increase in the combat potential of the ground forces by 1.5-2 times, a decrease in aviation losses in the air by 4-6 times, and by 2 3 times. The contribution of electronic warfare to the solution of such an important operational task of troops as the disorganization of the enemy's troops and weapons control systems can reach 70%.

The electronic warfare service has passed a difficult path of its formation in our missile army. From solving narrowly focused issues of electronic countermeasures to solving issues of combat support.

In 1971, Lieutenant Colonel Iovlev Gennady Pavlovich was appointed the first head of the electronic countermeasures service. Thanks to his organizational skills, great experience, engineering "flair", with a lack of specialists and special equipment in the troops, he was able to solve the assigned tasks at the highest level.

Further formation and improvement of the electronic warfare service was continued by Colonel Yuri Mikhailovich Evdokimov. Under his leadership, work was launched to prepare and put on alert the integrated technical control units (UKTK).

Colonel Viktor Vasilievich Verblyudov, appointed in 1981 to the post of chief of the service, continued with his usual purposefulness to improve the methods of protecting missile weapons from precision weapons.

In 1988, Fedor Fedorovich Zhikhalkin was appointed to the post of the head of the service. In the course of organizational and staffing measures carried out in the 90s, while reducing the total number of the service staff, he managed not only to retain personnel, but also to increase the quantitative and qualitative indicators of electronic warfare. Complex technical control units are equipped with new samples of measuring equipment, new complexes are put on alert duty, which make it possible to increase the effectiveness of control.

Through the efforts of the army's electronic warfare service in the mid-90s, a direction finding network of short-wave radio waves was deployed on the territory of Western Siberia on the basis of the UKTK formations. Much attention is paid to the training of personnel for troops, laboratories and educational institutions. Many officers later became chiefs of electronic warfare services of divisions, senior lecturers at higher educational institutions, candidates of science, and first-class specialists. Among them are colonels Somov Yu.I., Linnik M.Yu., Mansurov R.G., Parfenchik Yu.M., Pankov G.K. and Chugunov V.S.

During the period when the electronic warfare service was headed by Colonel Sergei Valentinovich Nekrasov, work continued to improve the organization of service in the formation.

In 2001, Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Gennadievich Drotenko was appointed to the post of the head of the electronic warfare service, who, thanks to his high professional and moral and business qualities, for his great contribution to the development of the electronic warfare service of the association, early received the military rank of colonel.

From 2003 to 2009, Colonel Sakhno Yuri Avangardovich was in charge of the electronic warfare service of the Omsk Missile Army. Since 2009, Lieutenant Colonel Vladislav Gennadievich Antonov has been appointed the head of the electronic warfare service. The duties of a senior officer of the service since 2008 have been performed by Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Leonidovich Skutin.

Since its inception, the special service has been dealing with issues of guaranteed protection of nuclear weapons from unauthorized use by blocking combat control systems and launching missiles.

The management of the implementation of this complex of organizational and technical measures in 7 ORK was entrusted to the senior officer of the operational department of the corps, Major Shaforosta V.P.

Subsequently, with the formation of the missile army, senior officers of the operational department of the association for the prevention of the unauthorized use of nuclear weapons were involved in blocking: Lieutenant Colonel I.I. (1971-1972), and then Lieutenant Colonel Shaforost V.P.

During this period, the special service was actively solving its tasks in connection with the rearmament of the OS divisions with new military equipment.

From 1977 to 1987, the management of the special service was carried out by Colonel Vladimir Alexandrovich Rastorguev. In 1979, with the formation of the special service as an independent division of the army management, Colonel V.A. became the first head of the service. During this period, the special service participated in building up the combat power of the missile army, mastering the 15P018 and RSD-10 missile systems, new automated combat control systems, both wired and using combat control radio channels; successfully completed a set of measures for placing on combat duty missile systems of the RSD-10 type in the Novosibirsk and Barnaul missile divisions; dealt with issues of training officers on duty combat shifts; took a direct part in the preparation and conduct of combat training missile launches from the positional areas of the Aleiskaya and Uzhurskaya missile divisions.

In the period from 1987 to 1990, the special service was headed by Colonel Boris Aleksandrovich Makarov, and from 1990 to 1995 - by Colonel Yakimovets Alexander Afanasevich.

During this period of time, the special service was entrusted with the tasks of maintaining a constant combat readiness of missile systems on alert, as well as preventing unauthorized launches of missiles to be dismantled.

In the period from 1995 to 2001, the head of the special service was Colonel Sultanov Alfit Gaptelyanovich.

In 2001, Colonel Sergei Vitalievich Toneev was appointed head of the special service. With his arrival, the special service of the army took leading positions in the Strategic Missile Forces.

In 2002, in connection with the disbandment of the Chita association, the special services of the Irkutsk, Kansk and Krasnoyarsk missile divisions were included in the special service of the 33rd missile army.

In 2003, thanks to the high organization and high-quality preparation for the test, the association successfully passed a serious exam - the check by the Commission of the Directorate of the Chief of the Special Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with an "excellent" mark.

Since 2005, the head of the special service of the Omsk Missile Army - Colonel Chigarev Sergey Nikolaevich. In continuation of glorious traditions, in 2009 the missile army again reported to the head of the reorganized special service of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for an excellent mark.

The special service continues to consistently and successfully solve the tasks assigned to it to maintain high combat readiness of missile weapons and combat control equipment, while ensuring guaranteed protection of nuclear weapons from unauthorized use.

In 1960, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Fedorovich Perov, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, was appointed the first head of the eighth department of the training artillery range. Under his leadership, in 1961, the special body was reorganized into the eighth department of the missile corps. As the head of the department, Lieutenant Colonel A.F. consisted until 1967.

In 1967-1971, the eighth department (department) was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Tsarik Petr Fedorovich, also a participant in the Great Patriotic War. And in 1970, the eighth department was reorganized into the eighth department. This leader made a great contribution to the patriotic education of young officers, graduates of the Krasnodar Higher Military School named after Army General Shtemenko S.M.

From 1971 to 1974, the department was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Kurchatkin Yuri Alexandrovich. On August 17, 1974, a special body of the CP of the army took up combat duty. The first head of personnel training for this event was Guard Lieutenant Colonel Kurchatkin Yu.A. By that time, he had 32 years of experience in special work, including three years of experience in organizing covert communications, providing command with special communications in the conduct of hostilities during the Great Patriotic War.

In 1974-1990, the department was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Mikhailovich Redko, Colonel Mikhail Pavlovich Musatov. During this period, the special bodies of the country's Armed Forces were transferred to a new fleet of electronic equipment.

From 1990 to 1994, the department was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Vladimirovich Babchenko.

In the period from 1994 to 2000, the department was headed by Colonel Antonov Vladimir Viktorovich, Colonel Ganzha Alexander Vasilyevich. At this time, in the special agencies of the association, a trial operation and setting on combat duty of a new generation of special communications equipment was carried out.

From 2000 to 2002, the department was headed by Colonel Pershin Vyacheslav Viktorovich. Personally, he did a lot of work in improving the organization of covert communications and alert duty in the special agencies of the association.

From 2002 to 2007, the department (service) was headed by Colonel Anatoly Petukhov. At this time, in connection with the publication of new regulatory documents, work was carried out to improve the issue of protecting state secrets. In 2003, the eighth department was reorganized into the state secret protection service.

In 2007, Colonel Evgeny Anatolyevich Bespalkov became the head of the Omsk Missile Army's state secret protection service.

In 2000-2009, a significant contribution to the organization of work to ensure the protection of state secrets and the implementation of special communications were made and are being made by service officers Lieutenant Colonel Yurov O.V., Major Avilov D.A., Lieutenant Colonel Gorbik E.A., Majors Lagunov A.V. ., Maisuradze P.K. and Tabachenko P. D.

During the period of the measures for the transfer of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to a new look, held in 2009, the state secret protection service with dignity and honor fulfills all the tasks set in providing command of hidden communications, ensuring the protection of state secrets and protecting information from unauthorized access at computing facilities. technology.

Tasks and functions

department of protection of state secrets and mobilization training

Tasks of the department for the protection of state secrets and mobilization training:

1. Ensuring the secrecy regime established in the Office and maintaining secret office work in accordance with the Instruction on ensuring the secrecy regime in the Russian Federation, approved by the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 01.01.2001 No. 3-1 (hereinafter referred to as Instruction No. 3-1).

2. Organization of activities for mobilization training and mobilization and control over their implementation in the structural divisions of the Office.

3. Organization of measures for civil defense, protection of civil servants and personnel for the protection and maintenance of buildings of the Office (hereinafter referred to as employees) from natural and man-made emergencies in the Office and structural divisions of the Office.

4. Fulfillment of tasks assigned to the Department in the field of mobilization training and mobilization, civil defense and protection of employees from natural and man-made emergencies. Organization of secret mobilization and unclassified office work.

Functions of the department for the protection of state secrets and mobilization training:

1. Planning, development and implementation of measures to ensure the secrecy regime in the Office when carrying out secret work in accordance with Instruction No. 3-1;

2. Taking measures to identify and close possible channels of leakage of information constituting a state secret, and to prevent the disclosure of this information when carrying out all types of secret work;

3. Organization and maintenance of secret office work in the Office, control over the observance of the established procedure for working with secret documents.

4. Coordination of the activities of structural divisions of the Office for the protection of state secrets and control over the implementation of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of protection of state secrets;

5. Keeping records of violations of the secrecy regime in the Office of the Office and structural divisions of the Office;

6. Participation in the conduct of official checks in case of loss or theft of carriers of information constituting a state secret, other violations of the secrecy regime, as well as on the facts of disclosure of information constituting a state secret;

7. Registration of admissions to state secrets for employees of the Department, heads of structural divisions, heads of self-regulatory organizations of arbitration managers, control of the validity of admissions;

8. Keeping records of the awareness of the employees of the Office in information constituting a state secret, instructing employees who are aware of information constituting a state secret when they are sent abroad;

9. Conducting briefing of employees of the Office, admitted to state secrets, control of their knowledge of the requirements of regulatory documents on the secrecy regime;

27. Formation of the established reporting on the subject of the department.

28. Coordination and control over the activities of the territorial divisions of the Office on the activities of the Division.

29. Participation in inspections of structural divisions of the Department and subordinate institutions.

On November 13, 2018, the State Secrets Protection Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Dear comrades!
I congratulate you on the centenary of the establishment of the State Secret Protection Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation!
Over its centuries-old history, the service has passed the difficult path of development with dignity and has become an effective link in the system of military control of the state.
The personnel of the special bodies have written many glorious pages in the chronicle of the Armed Forces, while performing complex and important tasks, they have always shown courage, dedication, high professionalism and loyalty to the oath.
Service specialists at all times have been a model of vigilance and competence. And today, in the conditions of intensive development of information technologies, they reliably ensure the preservation of state and military secrets.
I am confident that you will continue to fulfill your duty with honor, and that your responsible approach to the assigned task will enable you to successfully solve the tasks of strengthening the defense capability of Russia.
I wish the employees and veterans of the service good health, prosperity and further success for the benefit of our great Motherland.

Defense Minister
Russian Federation
general of the Army S. SHOYGU

Over the years of its glorious history, the service has gone through a difficult path of formation along with the development of our Armed Forces and is currently an effective link in the state's military command and control system.
The modern realities of the formation of the information society, the steady trend towards the expansion of confrontation in the information sphere in the context of the complicated situation in the world and the challenges of international terrorism impose on the service the most important tasks to ensure the security of the Armed Forces and our Fatherland.
The head of the State Secrets Protection Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General Yuri Kuznetsov, talks about the heroic past, the current state, including the procedure for admission to a specialized military university, and the prospects for the development of the service to the Red Star.

Head of the State Secret Protection Service of the RF Armed Forces, Lieutenant General
Yuri KUZNETSOV.

- Yuri Vasilyevich, the service you are heading has been surrounded by an aura of secrecy for a century. So what is the Service for the Protection of State Secrets of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation today?
- The Service for the Protection of State Secrets (for short - the Service of HRT) is a special subdivision within the military command and control bodies, military units and organizations of the Armed Forces of Russia, ensuring the protection of state secrets in the conduct of all types of activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The service is staffed with highly qualified specialists and has the latest special equipment and information security tools.
The central body of the HRT Service is the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
- In light of the tasks set by the country's leadership for the development of information technologies in Russia, is the development of the Eighth Directorate probably going at an accelerated pace?
- Undoubtedly. Earlier, the HRT Service was entrusted mainly with the tasks of protecting state secrets in the Armed Forces, ensuring secrecy and providing commanders and chiefs with special communications.
At present, one of the main negative factors affecting the state of information security is the building up by a number of foreign countries of the capabilities of information and technical impact on the information infrastructure for military purposes.
To achieve the maximum level of security of the information and telecommunications infrastructure of the Armed Forces, taking into account new threats to information security, the HRT Service is currently carrying out targeted work to ensure the security of information in the automated systems of the Russian Ministry of Defense, to detect, prevent and eliminate the consequences of computer attacks on critical facilities of the Armed Forces. Forces, technical protection of information at facilities processing information of limited access, ensuring the integrity and authenticity of electronic documents, certification of information security tools in accordance with information security requirements, conducting control and technical measures to ensure information security, training information security specialists.
Thus, as you can see, the formation of new threats in the field of information security has led to the expansion of tasks solved by the HRT Service. But thanks to this, the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has created and is dynamically developing an integrated information protection system.

Alma mater of specialists of the State Secret Protection Service.

- Probably, in the old days it was difficult even to imagine such an impressive list of such high-tech tasks that your service now solves. By the way, when did its history begin in Russia?
- The first official mentions of the need to fulfill tasks to protect state secrets are found in archival documents during the reign of Peter I. However, until the beginning of the 20th century, the development of the system for protecting state secrets did not continue in the form of the creation of structural units of the War Ministry. Chanceries and committees of the General Staff of the War Ministry were engaged in special work in their areas of activity independently, there was no central governing body.
After the October Revolution of 1917 and the outbreak of the Civil War, the issue of protecting state secrets arose with all urgency. The old methods did not provide an adequate level of information security. Correspondence between the headquarters and units of the Red Army was opened by the enemy within an hour from the moment of interception of the encrypted messages. The solution to the problem was found in the creation of a special unit, the main task of which was to protect state secrets.
On November 13, 1918, by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic No. 217/33, such a unit was created - the General and Special Branch of the Reporting and Organizational Department of the Organizational Directorate of the All-Russian General Staff. In parallel, subordinate special departments began to be created in military units.
Later, the department was transformed into the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff of the Red Army, which still exists today - the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

On November 13, 1918, by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic No. 217/33, the General and Special Department of the Reporting and Organizational Department of the Organizational Directorate of the All-Russian General Staff was created

Personnel of the Krasnodar Higher Military School
named after General of the Army S.M. Shtemenko is in a solemn march.

- Not so long ago, the archives of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the Great Patriotic War were declassified, but they practically do not reflect the activities of special organs ...
- At that time it was not accepted not only to write about the activities of special bodies, but also to speak, since the main task of special bodies during the war years was to provide the command of all levels with especially important information about the planning of operations and the conduct of hostilities. The personnel of the special agencies showed exceptional courage and high skill, working in incredibly difficult conditions under bombing and artillery and mortar fire, in dugouts and dugouts.
Almost every sixth employee of the active army died during the war. That is, so to speak, an indicator of "calm" staff work.
The high quality of the work of special agencies during the Great Patriotic War was repeatedly noted by our prominent commanders and military leaders.
As part of the consolidated regiment of the People's Commissariat of Defense on June 24, 1945, the ciphers of the General Staff marched in parade line. The encryption service of the Red Army won its war.
- Have the weapons and special equipment of the State Secret Protection Service received their development?
- Considering the specifics and importance of the tasks performed, the Eighth Directorate is carrying out planned work to re-equip troops (forces) with modern weapons and military equipment of the assigned nomenclature. During participation in strategic exercises, for example in the recently held Vostok-2018 maneuvers, the effectiveness of the weapons and military equipment used was tested and confirmed.
The technical basis of the information security system is being improved annually, which makes it possible to build a modern vertically integrated structure for monitoring and managing information security in the automated and information systems of the Armed Forces.
- How are the prospects and directions for further development determined in the HRT Service, taking into account scientific and technological progress in general and in the field of information technology in particular?
- In recent years, a military scientific complex has been created in the HRT Service to address these issues.
As part of the formation of the military-scientific complex, the Scientific and Technical Committee (the Service for the Protection of State Secrets of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) was formed, which is the body for managing the scientific activities of the HRT Service. It is designed to provide organizational and methodological guidance to the scientific work of the HRT Service, coordinate activities and control the implementation of the results of scientific work, substantiate scientific research in order to solve HRT tasks, develop and use weapons, military and special equipment of the Eighth Directorate nomenclature, and its military scientific support. at all stages of the life cycle, participation in the formation and implementation of a unified military-technical policy in the interests of the Russian Armed Forces.
A major step in the development of the military-scientific complex of the service was the creation of the Research Center at the Krasnodar Higher Military School named after General of the Army S.M. Shtemenko, which is intended to carry out scientific activities aimed at developing and improving the HRT system in the Armed Forces of Russia, performing the task of research activities in the interests of the HRT Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
In order to implement a complex of scientific and applied tasks for the protection of information in the Armed Forces, a scientific company of the Eighth Directorate of the General Staff was formed on the basis of the KVVU.
The construction of the military innovative technopolis "Era" is underway, in which the work of laboratories in the direction of "Information Security" will be organized.
The main goals of the created innovation cluster are to promote the scientific and technical creativity of young researchers, to accelerate the development and implementation of breakthrough developments and technologies.
- Yuri Vasilievich, you mentioned the Krasnodar Higher Military School named after General of the Army S.M. Shtemenko. Now it is no secret to anyone that it has been training HRT specialists for many years. At the present time, the Krasnodar School is still the leading military educational institution for the training of your specialists?
- Graduates of various engineering and technical universities of Russia serve in the units of HRT, but the specialized military educational organization of higher education of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, of course, is KVVU. At the same time, the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great (Balashikha) and the Military Space Academy named after A.F. Mozhaisky (St. Petersburg).
KVVU is one of the oldest universities, the only higher educational institution of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in terms of training profile and traces its history back to 1929, that is, next year it will celebrate the 90th anniversary of its creation. At present, the KVVU has a multi-level training system from a soldier (specialist) to an officer, in which a scientific cluster, which I have already mentioned, an educational cluster, including training in programs of higher education, secondary vocational education and additional vocational education, is combined and functioning in a complex manner, as well as a cluster for the training of conscript and contract servicemen.
At KVVU, a modern educational and material base has been created, equipment is being carried out with high-tech promising systems and information security complexes for training specialists at all levels of the HRT Service, an electronic educational environment is widely developing. I would like to emphasize that KVVU is a platform for state testing of promising samples of special communication equipment.
In addition, in order to implement an integrated approach to the training of information security specialists, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation approved the Development Program for the HLCM, in accordance with which, since 2014, new HLCM facilities are being built in the city of Krasnodar on a new territory with the most modern infrastructure. Currently, construction work is nearing completion. In the near future, we plan to commission and inaugurate training in the new territory.
Thus, upon completion of the construction, the KVVU will reach a new level of development and high-quality training of highly qualified specialists of the HRT Service.
- Yuri Vasilievich, in view of the certain closedness of the KVVU, there is an opinion that it is difficult to enter it. If it's not a secret, tell us how to become a KVVU cadet.
- Yes, indeed, sometimes you can hear an opinion about the difficulty of entering the KVVU, but I think this only applies to school graduates with an average score below four, respectively, low scores in the subjects of the Unified State Exam (USE) and low physical fitness. Such candidates have no chance to qualify for the competition, which this year amounted to three people per seat.
If a young man really set himself the goal of becoming an officer, let alone the HRT Service, then he must understand the importance and responsibility of such a choice. Therefore, C-students may not hope to pass the competition, all the more to master in the future an intensive training program.
Moreover, the Eighth Directorate pays special attention to the passing of training of cadets. At the end of the KVVU, each cadet who graduates with an average score above 4.5 and at the same time manifests himself in scientific activity, in further service activities is taken on separate control for admission to the postgraduate course of the KVVU. Because the training of scientific personnel for the Armed Forces is an important task that ensures their perspective and advanced development.
For those who have set themselves the goal of becoming an officer of the HRT Service, it is necessary to use only reliable information about admission to the HLC. Unfortunately, sometimes they refer to the admission rules published on various sites and in unreliable sources. By the way, this is one of the problems of modern informatization of society.
Therefore, it is necessary to use only official sources - the official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense (on the page kvvu.mil.ru) or materials that KVVU sends to military commissariats.
I will briefly tell you about the procedure for admission to the HLC, so that one does not get the impression of its excessive complexity.
So, the first step is to contact the military commissariat to which the young man is assigned, and clarify the procedure for admission and the formation of documents for this.
By February 1, apply for the USE in the following subjects: Russian language, physics, computer science and mathematics (profile). I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the USE in all four subjects is mandatory.
Within the established timeframe, the candidate passes the exam, while the minimum value of points in the subjects should be: Russian - 46, physics - 41, computer science - 40, mathematics - 32. With points below the candidate will be refused entrance examinations.
Before April 1, the military commissariat must submit an application about the desire to enter the KVVU, collect the necessary set of documents, then go through a medical commission - and by May 1, the military commissariat must issue admission for the candidate to information constituting a state secret, according to the first form. This is due to the specifics of the work of future HRT officers. Admission is impossible without admission. Until May 20, the military commissariat must submit the candidate's personal file to the HLMU, where the selection committee considers it and makes a decision on calling the candidate to pass the entrance tests.
- Indeed, the procedure is quite standard for military universities. But surely such a closed organization will not be limited only to USE points. What tests will you subject the applicant to at the entrance examinations at the school?
- You are right, the successful passing of the exam is not yet an absolute guarantor of admission. Upon arrival at the KVVU, the applicant will have to go through three types of professional selection.
First, the determination of fitness for health reasons. Secondly, the definition of the category of professional suitability on the basis of psychodiagnostic methods and tests, taking into account the requirements for a military HRT specialist (the processing of tests is carried out in an automated mode).
And finally, introductory tests to assess the level of physical fitness (pull-up on the bar, running 100 m and 3 km).
I draw your attention to the fact that the definition of the category of professional suitability and the assessment of the level of physical fitness are carried out with video registration of all procedures. As you can see, despite its closed nature, the admission of cadets to the KVVU is open and public.
Candidates who have successfully passed the professional selection are entered into the competitive list, with the first candidates enrolled out of competition (this category of citizens is determined by the legislation of the Russian Federation). The rest of the candidates are located depending on the sum of the USE scores and the level of physical fitness. The set number of candidates is credited from the competition list.
In early September, all freshmen take the military oath. According to the established tradition, on this festive day, the school opens its doors to everyone who wishes to witness such a military ritual.
I am sure that the demand for our specialists will only grow every year. Special attention has always been paid to the training of specialists in the protection of state secrets, and at present it is developing very dynamically for a timely response to new threats in the field of information security.
- And in conclusion, the question about the prospects, which has already become traditional. Yuri Vasilievich, how, in your opinion, will HRT service look like, for example, in 5 years?
- The question is very interesting.
By the way, five years ago, of course, we perfectly understood what we should strive for and in which direction to move so that the HRT Service kept up with scientific and technological progress and could effectively solve the assigned tasks. But during this time we constantly adjusted our course, adjusting to the rapidly changing reality.
Judge for yourself: until recently, technologies, for example, the construction of quantum computing systems, were only a theory, supported by several primitive samples. And no one then could have assumed that even today there will be quantum processors capable of solving real practical problems that are inaccessible to classical computing systems.
Now, artificial intelligence, machine learning and others are in the same state of birth, and the potential for the development of already used technologies, for example, neural networks, blockchain, the "Internet of things" and the creation of automatic robotic systems is practically unlimited. Their widespread introduction opens up new, not yet fully explored threats to information security.
Considering the current pace of development of innovative technologies, their rapid implementation in many spheres of society and the state, as well as the rapid growth in the volume of stored and processed information, the practical implementation of these technologies, including in the field of state defense, is a matter of the coming years.
And here our main task is not just to “not miss the wave” of scientific and technological progress, we must always be one step ahead so that by the time of the practical implementation of this or that innovative technology we already have in our arsenal proven methods and means of countering new threats to information security.
That is why we focus our main efforts primarily on scientific research in the field of promising developments, finding ways to solve problems in the field of information security in priority areas of the Armed Forces' activities and training young highly qualified specialists who are able to successfully solve these problems.
This is how I see the near future development of the HRT Service.
In conclusion, I would like to heartily congratulate the servicemen, civilian personnel and veterans of the State Secrets Protection Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on their 100th anniversary!
I would like to assure everyone on behalf of the staff of the State Secret Protection Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation that all the tasks set before us will be performed with dignity and honor.
I am grateful to the entire staff of the service for their high professionalism, reasonable initiative and readiness to serve and work in the name of Russia.
I express special words of gratitude to our veterans, who created the history of the service and strengthened its best traditions. With all my heart I wish you all good health, success in service and work for the benefit of our Motherland!