Launching business not supported by technological solutions is impossible today. To develop and remain up-to-date, business should be backed by computer technologies. Talking to ArmInfo, Ruben Muradyan, IT auditor at Ucom Company, explained: "if anyone having state power decides to get data on you, he will do it, and there is no sense in hiding. He is a professional, has money. You have no chances to conceal anything."
It is not a secret that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is tapping not only the U.S. but also foreign citizens. It is noteworthy that other countries are well aware of the tapping mission and take no measures to legally restrict NSA's actions. "The point is that these are supra-national relationships, and NSA operates within the U.S. laws. Nothing will change unless there are supra-national laws. I'd like to say that data collection by security services is a positive factor for the national security," he said.
In response to ArmInfo's question as to whether the Armenian networks are vulnerable, Samvel Martirosyan, an expert in information security, said: "To reveal how vulnerable are networks, it is necessary to divide them into segments. For instance, the state network that covers websites and internal local government networks is one of the most vulnerable ones for any country. The given segment has been well protected by the national security service of Armenia since 2009 and no serious incidents have been registered by present. Comparing to Azerbaijan's network, ours is more protected. However, there is a circumstance that cannot be neglected: we may not know about all incidents, so our data will be based only on what we know. Hacker attacks have decreased from several hundreds to several dozens per month this year. Azerbaijanis attack on certain calendar days and it appears to me that it is the calm before the storm. As for vulnerability to viruses, attacks, and visit to inflected websites (including pornographic ones), Kaspersky and McAfee anti-virus labs say Armenia is usually among Top-3 countries with most vulnerable users and websites."
It is noteworthy that Ucom Company organized a Media and Information Security Conference on April 10- 11 ahead of the Armenian Genocide Centennial. Mass media representatives, specialists in the information and cyber security, bloggers and other experts attended the event held under the project "Recognize 1915" (www.recognize1915.am). A public awareness-raising instrument has been created under the project. It enables everyone to add a banner telling about the Genocide of Armenians to their e-mails and inform and remind their friends and colleagues of the Genocide through e-correspondence.