Intellectual control and monitoring complex "Zaslon-REB"
The development of military and civilian communications continues, resulting in the emergence of new opportunities and channels of communication. At the same time, all such innovations have special requirements for the protection of communication channels from unauthorized connection and interception. Not so long ago, the Russian armed forces received a new complex of a similar purpose - Zaslon-REB.
The system "Zaslon-REB" is designated by the developer as a complex of intellectual control and monitoring. The purpose of this complex is to monitor the situation on the air, to fix various signals and to prevent the exchange of data through different channels that is not allowed in this situation. Taking into account the progress of recent years, the new complex of monitoring and monitoring works with radio channels and can be attributed to the means of electronic warfare.
Not so long ago, it was announced that the Zaslon-EW system was put into service. This April 19 reported edition of "News", which received relevant data from an unnamed source in the military department. According to Izvestia, last year all the necessary tests of the prospective complex were carried out. After that, it was recommended for adoption, mass production and deployment at the sites. It is reported that by now several new types of complexes have been manufactured and transferred to the armed forces. The task of this equipment is now to protect several parts of aerospace forces.
The main task of the Zaslon-REB complex is to create “information security” areas around important military facilities, such as military units, training grounds, headquarters, etc. With the available funds, the complex should study the situation on the air, and, depending on the mode of operation, suppress unauthorized communication channels, create new ones, etc. The system is produced in a fixed version and is designed for installation on objects of a relatively large area.
According to reports, the composition of the promising complex includes several basic devices. The proposed use of a number of antennas with the required characteristics, as well as 11 individual interference generators and four virtual base stations. A remote control is also used, by means of which all other devices are simultaneously controlled and the method of protection of the object being protected is selected. All equipment of the complex meets the existing safety requirements and can be deployed without the use of any additional measures aimed at protecting personnel or the environment.
The main way to protect a part or headquarters is to suppress all unauthorized communication channels. For this purpose, active noise generators are used that simply dampen certain frequency bands. The complex is capable of suppressing all known ranges applied by the main standards of civil communications. As a result, all persons who are in the zone of “Barrier-EW” coverage lose the ability to use client equipment using GSM, CDMA, Wi-Fi technology, etc.
However, the project provides for the possibility of maintaining communication with existing client equipment. To do this, use a separate base station that can operate in different modes and standards. Depending on current needs, the operator of the Zaslonon-REB complex may include a base station of GSM, DCS, LTE, CDMA or UTS standards. Also provides for the creation of Wi-Fi access points. Thus, simultaneously with the suppression of the already existing networks, an own communication system is being developed that is fully compatible with the existing equipment.
The operator can determine the subscriber devices that are in range of the complex, and give them access to base stations or block them. Due to this, in the communication systems organized with the help of a complex of intellectual control and monitoring, only specific devices that have passed the required checks can work. As a result, access to communications is obtained only by verified persons, while outsiders cannot use them. Moreover, being in the zone of the “Zaslon-REB” system, an unauthorized person loses the ability to use even public communication systems.
The system "Barrier-EW" is a logical response to the requirements of the time. Civilian communication has long and confidently mastered wireless channels, has received a large number of new technologies with different capabilities and uses them for different purposes. In addition, there has been great progress in the field of wireless systems for military purposes, designed to solve various problems. In fact, the basis of the new complex is already known and proven in practice ideas that have undergone a serious revision, taking into account current requirements and the current state of affairs in the field of communications.
At present, military facilities, both units or headquarters, and test sites, are complex structures with developed communication and control systems. Some of the communication channels are still organized using wires, while other elements of the common complex use radio communication. In addition, civilian voice and data systems are used. Finally, the personnel have a significant number of their own subscriber equipment - first of all, mobile phones.
Monitoring wired communication channels is a fairly simple task. Known and tested in practice methods of protecting wireless communications via radio channels using regular army radio stations. Civil equipment, in turn, is not yet covered by modern means of protecting information security. With certain reservations, it can even be said that one of the main goals of the Zaslon-REB system was to protect the facilities from the unauthorized use of civil electronics.
Using civilian networks of GSM, LTE or Wi-Fi standards, surveillance tools can be created, with the help of which enemy reconnaissance will monitor an important object and constantly receive new data. Interference generators from Zaslon-EW will be able to drown out their signal and interfere with the transmission of intelligence data. In addition, it is likely that the standard facilities of the complex may reveal suspicious transmitters present on the air. By muffling the main frequency bands with interference, the intelligent control complex can also interfere with the operation of radio intelligence equipment. The presence of interference, at least, complicates the interception of working communication channels.
It also seems to completely eliminate the possibility of hacking into existing communication systems from the outside. To solve such a problem, the adversary needs to be connected to existing networks, but the possibility of its implementation is virtually eliminated due to the presence of full control over subscriber devices. It remains possible to connect to the channels by hacking one of the approved devices, but this seriously complicates reconnaissance.
Thus, the armed forces now have at their disposal modern systems capable of protecting part of the communications equipment from unauthorized access from the outside, and also, if necessary, creating their own networks that do not require separate subscriber equipment. Several parts have already received similar equipment, and the supply of new equipment will have to continue for a long time. This will protect the information and control systems of a large number of different military facilities.
In general, recent reports on the adoption of the Zaslon-EW complex are a cause for optimism. Nevertheless, there are certain reasons to restrain enthusiasm and do without unreasonably excessive optimism. A similar opinion of 21 on April was published by the Nezavisimaya Gazeta in the article Modest Potential of the Zaslon-REB Complex. As the name implies, the author of this material is not inclined to overestimate the novelty of the Russian armed forces.
Recalling the latest reports on the latest domestic system of control and monitoring, the author of the Nezavisimaya Gazeta indicates that modern electronic devices have already entered everyday life. They are used by almost all age and social groups, including the top leadership of the country and the personnel of the armed forces. In such circumstances, the emergence of the need for remedies was a natural phenomenon.
The author also reminds that the tools of this class are not new and have been used abroad for a long time. As a result, the domestic complex "Barrier-EW" can not be considered unique. However, what is important is not the uniqueness of the system, but its real benefit. It is noted that the suppression of the main bands used by civilian means of communication is not a difficult task. The creation of narrow-band channels while simultaneously jamming other frequencies is also not something revolutionary new. At the same time, the modern situation gives the solution to such tasks of paramount importance.
Based on this, the author of the Nezavisimaya Gazeta makes an interesting conclusion. In his opinion, from the point of view of a common ideology, the Zaslon-REB complex is an old system for protecting information and communication channels, which has received new qualities and is distinguished by wider possibilities. Thus, at the moment the system looks quite modest, but at the same time, the possibility of the emergence of more advanced systems in the future is not excluded. At the moment, however, the available protections simply will not allow the use of open channels during a clear conversation. In other words, the author cites an example, a sergeant conscript will not be able to call home on his mobile phone and tell about his service.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta also recalls that, so far, so-called so-called “forces” have been created in the ground forces, aerospace forces and other types of armed forces. information support groups. Probably similar structures exist in the naval fleetalthough the official resources of the Ministry of Defense do not answer this question. The task of the groups is to deploy communication systems during various events. In addition, they must ensure the protection of such a single information field. Having received a new type of system - the author of the article "The Modest Potential of the Barrier-REB Complex" sums up - the groups acquire a "toy with very limited capabilities."
It is important to note that in the publication of Nezavisimaya Gazeta there is no criticism of the newest complex of intellectual control and monitoring. On the contrary, this material attempts to create an objective picture. Indeed, from a certain point of view, the newest domestic development is the ideological successor of older systems, although it was carried out at a different technical level with a corresponding expansion of the range of tasks to be solved.
In this light, the newly adopted complex itself does not look something unique and outstanding. However, in this context, other factors must be taken into account. Despite the absence of fundamentally new ideas and solutions, Zaslon-EW is the first representative of its class in the military, which meets the specific requirements of the present time. In other words, the troops finally began to receive the most important equipment that could have the most serious influence on the level of communication and information protection. From this point of view, the current supply of the latest equipment really looks like a crucial step in the development of communications systems and troop control. And if we take into account the priority of the development of this sphere, then they really are.
Based on:
http://izvestia.ru/news/686054
http://ng.ru/armies/2017-04-20/2_6978_zaslon.html
http://function.mil.ru/
https://defence.ru/
The system "Zaslon-REB" is designated by the developer as a complex of intellectual control and monitoring. The purpose of this complex is to monitor the situation on the air, to fix various signals and to prevent the exchange of data through different channels that is not allowed in this situation. Taking into account the progress of recent years, the new complex of monitoring and monitoring works with radio channels and can be attributed to the means of electronic warfare.
Not so long ago, it was announced that the Zaslon-EW system was put into service. This April 19 reported edition of "News", which received relevant data from an unnamed source in the military department. According to Izvestia, last year all the necessary tests of the prospective complex were carried out. After that, it was recommended for adoption, mass production and deployment at the sites. It is reported that by now several new types of complexes have been manufactured and transferred to the armed forces. The task of this equipment is now to protect several parts of aerospace forces.
The main task of the Zaslon-REB complex is to create “information security” areas around important military facilities, such as military units, training grounds, headquarters, etc. With the available funds, the complex should study the situation on the air, and, depending on the mode of operation, suppress unauthorized communication channels, create new ones, etc. The system is produced in a fixed version and is designed for installation on objects of a relatively large area.
According to reports, the composition of the promising complex includes several basic devices. The proposed use of a number of antennas with the required characteristics, as well as 11 individual interference generators and four virtual base stations. A remote control is also used, by means of which all other devices are simultaneously controlled and the method of protection of the object being protected is selected. All equipment of the complex meets the existing safety requirements and can be deployed without the use of any additional measures aimed at protecting personnel or the environment.
The main way to protect a part or headquarters is to suppress all unauthorized communication channels. For this purpose, active noise generators are used that simply dampen certain frequency bands. The complex is capable of suppressing all known ranges applied by the main standards of civil communications. As a result, all persons who are in the zone of “Barrier-EW” coverage lose the ability to use client equipment using GSM, CDMA, Wi-Fi technology, etc.
However, the project provides for the possibility of maintaining communication with existing client equipment. To do this, use a separate base station that can operate in different modes and standards. Depending on current needs, the operator of the Zaslonon-REB complex may include a base station of GSM, DCS, LTE, CDMA or UTS standards. Also provides for the creation of Wi-Fi access points. Thus, simultaneously with the suppression of the already existing networks, an own communication system is being developed that is fully compatible with the existing equipment.
The operator can determine the subscriber devices that are in range of the complex, and give them access to base stations or block them. Due to this, in the communication systems organized with the help of a complex of intellectual control and monitoring, only specific devices that have passed the required checks can work. As a result, access to communications is obtained only by verified persons, while outsiders cannot use them. Moreover, being in the zone of the “Zaslon-REB” system, an unauthorized person loses the ability to use even public communication systems.
The system "Barrier-EW" is a logical response to the requirements of the time. Civilian communication has long and confidently mastered wireless channels, has received a large number of new technologies with different capabilities and uses them for different purposes. In addition, there has been great progress in the field of wireless systems for military purposes, designed to solve various problems. In fact, the basis of the new complex is already known and proven in practice ideas that have undergone a serious revision, taking into account current requirements and the current state of affairs in the field of communications.
At present, military facilities, both units or headquarters, and test sites, are complex structures with developed communication and control systems. Some of the communication channels are still organized using wires, while other elements of the common complex use radio communication. In addition, civilian voice and data systems are used. Finally, the personnel have a significant number of their own subscriber equipment - first of all, mobile phones.
Monitoring wired communication channels is a fairly simple task. Known and tested in practice methods of protecting wireless communications via radio channels using regular army radio stations. Civil equipment, in turn, is not yet covered by modern means of protecting information security. With certain reservations, it can even be said that one of the main goals of the Zaslon-REB system was to protect the facilities from the unauthorized use of civil electronics.
Using civilian networks of GSM, LTE or Wi-Fi standards, surveillance tools can be created, with the help of which enemy reconnaissance will monitor an important object and constantly receive new data. Interference generators from Zaslon-EW will be able to drown out their signal and interfere with the transmission of intelligence data. In addition, it is likely that the standard facilities of the complex may reveal suspicious transmitters present on the air. By muffling the main frequency bands with interference, the intelligent control complex can also interfere with the operation of radio intelligence equipment. The presence of interference, at least, complicates the interception of working communication channels.
It also seems to completely eliminate the possibility of hacking into existing communication systems from the outside. To solve such a problem, the adversary needs to be connected to existing networks, but the possibility of its implementation is virtually eliminated due to the presence of full control over subscriber devices. It remains possible to connect to the channels by hacking one of the approved devices, but this seriously complicates reconnaissance.
Thus, the armed forces now have at their disposal modern systems capable of protecting part of the communications equipment from unauthorized access from the outside, and also, if necessary, creating their own networks that do not require separate subscriber equipment. Several parts have already received similar equipment, and the supply of new equipment will have to continue for a long time. This will protect the information and control systems of a large number of different military facilities.
In general, recent reports on the adoption of the Zaslon-EW complex are a cause for optimism. Nevertheless, there are certain reasons to restrain enthusiasm and do without unreasonably excessive optimism. A similar opinion of 21 on April was published by the Nezavisimaya Gazeta in the article Modest Potential of the Zaslon-REB Complex. As the name implies, the author of this material is not inclined to overestimate the novelty of the Russian armed forces.
Recalling the latest reports on the latest domestic system of control and monitoring, the author of the Nezavisimaya Gazeta indicates that modern electronic devices have already entered everyday life. They are used by almost all age and social groups, including the top leadership of the country and the personnel of the armed forces. In such circumstances, the emergence of the need for remedies was a natural phenomenon.
The author also reminds that the tools of this class are not new and have been used abroad for a long time. As a result, the domestic complex "Barrier-EW" can not be considered unique. However, what is important is not the uniqueness of the system, but its real benefit. It is noted that the suppression of the main bands used by civilian means of communication is not a difficult task. The creation of narrow-band channels while simultaneously jamming other frequencies is also not something revolutionary new. At the same time, the modern situation gives the solution to such tasks of paramount importance.
Based on this, the author of the Nezavisimaya Gazeta makes an interesting conclusion. In his opinion, from the point of view of a common ideology, the Zaslon-REB complex is an old system for protecting information and communication channels, which has received new qualities and is distinguished by wider possibilities. Thus, at the moment the system looks quite modest, but at the same time, the possibility of the emergence of more advanced systems in the future is not excluded. At the moment, however, the available protections simply will not allow the use of open channels during a clear conversation. In other words, the author cites an example, a sergeant conscript will not be able to call home on his mobile phone and tell about his service.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta also recalls that, so far, so-called so-called “forces” have been created in the ground forces, aerospace forces and other types of armed forces. information support groups. Probably similar structures exist in the naval fleetalthough the official resources of the Ministry of Defense do not answer this question. The task of the groups is to deploy communication systems during various events. In addition, they must ensure the protection of such a single information field. Having received a new type of system - the author of the article "The Modest Potential of the Barrier-REB Complex" sums up - the groups acquire a "toy with very limited capabilities."
It is important to note that in the publication of Nezavisimaya Gazeta there is no criticism of the newest complex of intellectual control and monitoring. On the contrary, this material attempts to create an objective picture. Indeed, from a certain point of view, the newest domestic development is the ideological successor of older systems, although it was carried out at a different technical level with a corresponding expansion of the range of tasks to be solved.
In this light, the newly adopted complex itself does not look something unique and outstanding. However, in this context, other factors must be taken into account. Despite the absence of fundamentally new ideas and solutions, Zaslon-EW is the first representative of its class in the military, which meets the specific requirements of the present time. In other words, the troops finally began to receive the most important equipment that could have the most serious influence on the level of communication and information protection. From this point of view, the current supply of the latest equipment really looks like a crucial step in the development of communications systems and troop control. And if we take into account the priority of the development of this sphere, then they really are.
Based on:
http://izvestia.ru/news/686054
http://ng.ru/armies/2017-04-20/2_6978_zaslon.html
http://function.mil.ru/
https://defence.ru/
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