An information security consortium is expected to be created in Russia for exchange of experience and common solutions development. Positive Technologies, Kaspersky Lab, R-Vision, as well as specialized units of Russian Railways, Rosatom and other companies may join the consortium.

There is no concept of consortium in the current Russian legislation, but there is one of partnership. The latter involves a joint activity agreement between several legal entities acting together without creating a legal entity to make a profit, says Yaroslav Schuetzle from the Rustam Kurmaev and Partners law firm.

The Ministry of Digital Development supported the proposal, but specified that “first of all, this is a commercial project, not a state one”. Rosatom says that “combining resources and capacities will bring the next generation of cyber security systems to the domestic and global markets”. Kaspersky Lab noted that “there is a shortage of resources in the industry right now, so the unification would be useful”. According to a source of Kommersant, the legal structure of the project “is in development, and all partners are yet to approve it”.

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