In Russia, they proposed to complicate the departure of IT specialists abroad

The Concord company has submitted a draft law “On Measures for Additional Control over the Movement and Employment of IT Specialists”, which describes the difficulties that will soon threaten IT specialists.

The press service of the company noted that this bill was submitted due to the need to protect the strategic interests of the Russian Federation, including in the field of information security / information technology.

Within the framework of the law, the legal service of the Concord company believes that under the current conditions, it is necessary to establish a procedure for additional declaration by IT specialists of travel abroad and coordination with the state security authorities of the Russian Federation of employment in foreign organizations in order to check whether these organizations are on the lists of extremist, as well as in state structures of states that are listed as “unfriendly”.

“Concord”

Concord also adds that now numerous cyber attacks are being carried out on information systems and web resources of Russian government agencies, the media, and industrial enterprises, due to which the mass departure of IT specialists may adversely affect the cybersecurity of state systems, programs, networks, and lead to information leaks. , weaken the protection levels of these systems, which, taking into account the use of modern technologies in socially important areas of activity and cyber attacks, needs to be implemented urgently.

Updated: Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called the information “another duck.” At the same time, State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein said that the State Duma Committee on Information Policy would not support this initiative.