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General information

The main performance objective of JSC STS:

Fostering a formation, ensuring and development of information security of the information and communications infrastructure in the information area of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Mission

The JSC STS is the technological core of the security system in the information area of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Main activities

The JSC STS engages in following activities attributed as a state monopoly:

In the field of informatization:

1) carry out support of the single gateway of access to the Internet and the single gateway of e-mail of the «electronic government»;

2) conduct tests of the objects of informatization of «electronic government» for compliance with the requirements of information security;

3) carry out expertise of the investment proposal and financial and economic justification of budget investments and technical task for creation and development of the object of informatization of «electronic government» for compliance with information security requirements;

4) executes monitoring of the fault tolerance of domain name servers serving top-level domain names of Kazakhstan;

5) ensure the functioning of the National Video Monitoring System;

6) assists owners, owners and users of informatization objects in matters of safe use of information and communication technologies;

7) carry out collection, analysis and generalization of information of industry centers for information security and operational centers of information security on information security incidents at the objects of information and communication infrastructure of «electronic government» and other critically important objects of information and communication infrastructure;

8) ensures the functioning of information and communication infrastructure facilities of the National Information Security Coordination Center;

9) carries out intersectoral coordination on monitoring the provision of information security, protection and safe operation of informatization objects of the «electronic government», the Kazakhstani segment of the Internet, as well as critically important objects of information and communication infrastructure, responding to information security incidents with joint activities to ensure information security in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

10) monitors the provision of information security of the objects of informatization of «electronic government» through the monitoring system for ensuring information security of the National Coordination Center for Information Security;

11) monitors information security events of informatization objects of state bodies;

12) ensures the functioning of a single national backup platform for storing electronic information resources, establishes the frequency of backup of electronic information resources of critical information and communication infrastructure facilities in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body in the field of information security;

13) carries out activities to identify, suppress and investigate threats and information security incidents at the objects of informatization of «electronic government» and generate recommendations for their elimination or prevention;

14) coordinates activities to ensure the information security of the objects of informatization of the «electronic government», as well as responding to information security incidents;

15) carries out a survey of ensuring the security of the processes of storage, processing and distribution of personal data of limited access contained in electronic information resources;

16) at the request of the authorized body in the field of information security, takes part in the implementation of state control in the field of informatization in terms of ensuring information security.

In the field of information security:

1) technical support of the system of centralized management of telecommunications networks of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as keeping records of international junction points, a register of static addresses of data transmission networks;

2) organization and technical support of Internet traffic exchange points of communication operators on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as connection of networks operators to the Internet traffic exchange point;

3) organization and technical support of an information security certification center.