In particular, the introduction of digital currencies

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Positive Technologies, a Russian company specializing in the development of solutions in the field of information security (IS), and the North-West Strategic Research Center conducted a joint study on the topic of "The Information Security Labor Market in Russia in 2024-2027", in which they identified forecasts, problems and prospects for the industry.

and new financial turkey whatsapp resource technologies will affect staffing in the banking and financial sector. It will increase the demand for information security specialists in these industries. According to experts, Russian banks will spend about 30-50 billion rubles on the introduction of the digital ruble. A significant part of this money will go to the creation of information security systems and staffing.

In total, by 2027, 44 thousand positions in the field of information security will appear in the financial sector in Russia. Of these, 25 thousand vacancies are for analysts, 10 thousand for architects and engineers, 8 thousand for managers, and 1 thousand for auditors and consultants.

"The demand for information security specialists in the financial sector is usually high due to the sensitivity of financial data, the need to protect against cyber threats and changes in legislation. Given the constant development of technologies, the increase in the number of cyber attacks, the demand for qualified specialists in this field remains consistently high and will only grow," said Albina Semushkina, head of recruiting for the system integrator Bastion.

Andrey Mishukov, CEO of JSC Infozashchita (iTPROTECT), believes that more vacancies in information security will appear not only in the banking and financial sectors: "Staff will be needed where more technologies will be used and where they will be larger-scale. In particular, in retail, logistics and telecom, which are becoming increasingly technological and also require large information security teams. However, the banking sector can attract some of the most expensive specialists to its staff."

Co-owner of the Russian security monitoring system RuSIEM, Maxim Stepchenkov, is sure that the number of vacancies is greatly inflated: "If 44 thousand vacancies are currently posted, this does not mean that so many are really needed. Let's assume that the company has a total of 40 open vacancies, but their responsibilities can be distributed depending on the found and existing employees. Many tasks do not require specialists with experience or education, sometimes people "with a head" are enough. Employees with a sparkle in their eyes are often more effective than trained juniors. In my opinion, nothing will change fundamentally. I assume that the growth of salaries for information security specialists will continue, which will lead to an increase in the number of people willing to work in this field."

In terms of financial technology development, the Bank of Russia, in addition to digital currencies, plans to implement a wide range of measures to control information security risks in the field of banking and financial services. For example, to create additional audit mechanisms in terms of information security and operational reliability, cloud services and application security, which will lead to an increase in demand for information security auditors in these areas.

The Bank of Russia also plans to provide mechanisms for analyzing information security incidents and operational reliability, conducting cyber exercises using advanced scenarios, and creating legal conditions for outsourcing information technology and the use of cloud services by financial organizations.

Denis Bandaletov, head of the network technologies department at the information security solutions provider Angara Security, is confident that the proposals of the Bank of Russia will immediately increase the personnel shortage: "Such proposals will seriously stimulate the development of new solutions. In particular, in the sphere of cloud technologies, the international market in the sphere of cloud security is far from the stage of maturity, so Russia has a chance to become one of the leaders in this direction."

Andrey Mishukov is confident that the measures will work if they are implemented correctly: "If you look at this set of measures from the point of view of events to control and minimize information security risks, they seem to be a working tool. However, the issue of the quality of implementation of these measures by specific participants in the banking sector is important. If this is implemented with dignity, "intelligently", and at the same time by experienced specialists who understand information security, then such measures should lead to the minimization of risks."