At the Eastern Economic Forum, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank Stanislav Kuznetsov made the initiative to create a national program for increasing cyber resistance. The project was called “Basis” and includes six key activities.
According to Sberbank, cyber attacks in Russia occur every three minutes. In the first eight months of 2025, each second Russian company was subjected to hacker attacks. The total damage to the economy is estimated at about 1.5 trillion rubles. The number of attacks on business and state structures has grown three times compared to the previous period.
Of particular alarm is a decrease in Russia’s position in the global rating of cybersecurity of the International Electric Union. From fifth in 2020, the country sank to the 58th in 2024. There is a shift in the focus of hackers from the financial sector to public institutions.
The “Basic” program involves the creation of a responsible body at the state level, the development of a strategy and the regulatory framework, the development of the domestic technological base, as well as the recovery and adaptation system to new threats. A special emphasis is on the need for strong leadership for quick changes.
