Valery Stepanov, head of the information security

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"Roskomnadzor will check the information and add the company's IP addresses to the "white list", unblocking VPN access for them. However, if the company applied to Roskomnadzor independently, the relevant agency must still confirm its data within a month. If, after applying to Roskomnadzor, difficulties with using VPN services persist, you should contact the Ministry of Digital Development," the Ministry of Digital Development said in a statement.

competence center "T1 argentina whatsapp number database Integration", says that companies actively use VPN to organize employee connections to corporate services. "This is especially relevant in the case of remote work. However, we must remember that VPN is only a means of providing a network connection, and if we talk about security, then other classes of security solutions must be used for this," said Valery Stepanov.

He believes that there is nothing wrong with banning advertising and popularization of VPN services - other solutions based on VPN technology are used for business purposes. "Popular VPN services contain a significant number of security threats due to the ability of the service owner to record all traffic and obtain information about passwords and other hidden data of service users in open form. We must also not forget about the intelligence potential of using foreign VPN services by Russian citizens," said Valery Stepanov.

NooSoft founder Vitaly Lazhintsev told a ComNews journalist that, like many managers, he has to use such services for work needs: posting information about a business on international online platforms, business correspondence on LinkedIn* - there are no analogues of this system in the Russian Federation yet.

"In addition, over 60% of the Internet is in English, it is a huge source of information, an opportunity to research markets, data for creating new ideas and improving the quality of projects for customers. I am not interested in news and entertainment, some dubious sites and opinions," noted Vitaly Lazhintsev.

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He believes that banning VPNs makes no sense - a huge number of them are being created and will be created. "Whoever needs them will find and install them. If we completely abandon them, then without access to the necessary communications and information, the efficiency of work will fall critically. There is no point in popularizing VPN services, because the restrictions were created for a reason: destructive, disinformative content exists, and it is better to reduce its amount in the information field," said Vitaly Lazhintsev.

Hawking Bros Managing Partner Yegor Sizyakov noted that the law does not prohibit the use of VPN. "There is absolutely no common sense in completely banning VPN technology. All of our major customers provide access to developers exclusively through VPN and nothing else. This is a matter of state information security for the entire economy," said Yegor Sizyakov.