The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
On September 4 this year, a round table entitled “CSTO–SCO: Security Space” was held as part of the business program of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. CSTO Secretariat representative Igor Panarin took part in the event.
The 17th meeting of the Working Group under the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils on information security was held
17.04.2026
On 17 April 2026, the 17th meeting of the Working Group under the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils on information security was held in Moscow, with the participation of delegations of representatives of national coordinating and competent authorities on information security, as well as experts and specialists from relevant national structures and agencies of the Organization’s member states.
The meeting was opened by Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Adviser to the Countering Challenges and Threats Department of the CSTO Secretariat, who addressed the participants.
During the meeting, chaired by Aleksey Ivanov, members of the Working Group under the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils on information security, representatives of the delegations of the CSTO member states and the CSTO Secretariat discussed current information security threats and methods of countering them.
The speakers noted a significant increase in the number of attacks, in particular those involving the NFCGate malware, as well as a rise in the number of compromised devices during public and political events. An increase in computer incidents related to contractors and counterparties of enterprises was also highlighted. Particular emphasis was placed on the importance of monitoring protected infrastructure for any suspicious activity.
During the event, the participants exchanged views on current threats and on the issue of promptly communicating information on critical software vulnerabilities to the owners of vulnerable resources and responding to them. They noted the active development of information exchange among specialists of the CCC CSTO contact points, the growing number of joint activities, and the increased speed of response to computer incidents.
The participants expressed their appreciation to the Russian side, which is chairing the Organization, for organizing and holding, on the eve of the CCC CSTO Council meeting, the first specialized forum of the State System for Detection, Prevention and Elimination of Consequences of Computer Attacks (GosSOPKA).
