GUIT. The main tasks solved by GUIT.
Legal support for the information and technology policy of the Federal Customs Service of Russia is entrusted to the legal department and the main department of information technology (GUIT). The organization of scientific support for information technology policy is entrusted to GUIT, which is the main unit for the formation and implementation of information technology policy.
The Main Directorate carries out its activities in the following areas:
1) development of information customs technologies;
2) ensuring information security;
3) planning to equip customs authorities with information technology;
4) scientific and technical;
5) development and equipment of telecommunication networks;
6) ensuring confidential communications and radio communications;
7) coordination of the activities of the information technology service;
equipping with operational and technical means of customs control and security;
9) organization of customs control over fissile and radioactive materials;
10) organization of metrological support.
The main objectives of GUIT are:
· Development and implementation of a unified information and technology policy of the Federal Customs Service of Russia during the creation and development of the UAIS, VITS, equipping customs authorities with modern information and technology tools.
· Development, coordination with other government agencies and implementation of the main directions for the development of information technology infrastructure.
· Organization of planning, ordering and monitoring the implementation and implementation of the results of research and development work to create promising information technologies.
· Coordination of research and development work (R&D) with interdepartmental programs of other government agencies and departments.
· Integration of information resources of the Federal Customs Service of Russia and coordination of the use of information with federal executive authorities.
· Improving the information security system of customs authorities.
· Ensuring the activities of the scientific and technical council of the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
· Implementation of a project to modernize the information system of customs authorities, including one financed by the International Monetary Fund.
QUOTE. Goals, objectives, main areas of activity.
The Central Information and Technical Customs Department is a specialized regional customs department, part of the unified federal centralized system of customs authorities of the Russian Federation, whose activities are aimed at providing information support and software and hardware support for the operation of components of automated systems that ensure the use of information and communication technologies at all levels of the system customs authorities when performing the tasks and functions assigned to them in the field of customs affairs.
The Central Information and Technical Customs Administration is the legal successor of the State Research and Production Center of the Federal Customs Service of Russia for civil obligations, including obligations arising as a result of the execution of court decisions.
The main activities are:
· Participation in planning, quality control of R&D implementation and implementation.
· Collection, processing of customs information, formation and centralized maintenance of databases and regulatory and reference information.
· Development of regulatory and legal support for the UAIS (regulatory and legal acts, standards for creating networks and for electronic document management).
· Maintenance and repair of computer equipment.
· Conducting advanced training and retraining of officials performing their functional duties within the framework of the UAIS.
· Maintaining a fund of algorithms and programs of the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
· Providing methodological assistance to information and technical units of customs authorities.
· Carrying out measures to ensure a given level of reliability and security of information in the UAIS.
Tasks of CITTU:
1)Information support and software and hardware support for components of automated systems (AIS) of customs authorities.
2)Ensuring the interaction of AIS of customs authorities with information systems of other federal executive authorities, customs services of other states, organizations, participants in foreign economic activity (FEA) and other interested parties.
3)Methodological management of the activities of IT (information technology) departments of customs authorities on the implementation of information technologies and automated information systems.
4)Ensuring the uninterrupted functioning of the components of automated systems of the Federal Customs Service of Russia and coordinating the activities of customs authorities in this area.
Functions of QITTU:
§ Administration of AIS and databases of customs authorities, implementation of software, including maintenance and modernization, improvement of information and communication technologies.
§ Making proposals to GUIT on issues of planning and carrying out work in the field of automation of the activities of customs authorities
§ Providing information services to government. authorities, foreign trade participants and organizations
§ Ensuring the uninterrupted functioning of the UAIS (Unified Automated Information System) of customs authorities
§ Ensuring the security of information resources
§ Interaction on currency control issues with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and its territorial institutions, federal executive authorities, regulatory and law enforcement agencies.
§ Centralized management of the domain structure of the Unified Directory Service UAIS, as well as the departmental integrated telecommunications network (VITS)
Where is the Main Directorate of Information Technologies of the Federal Customs Service heading?
Georgy Peschanskikh, head of GUIT FCS
— What tasks do the GUIT face for 2021 in connection with the entry into force of the EAEU Customs Code? What software products are planned to be improved and supplemented?
— Planned improvements will affect almost all software products in use by customs authorities. The Customs Code has determined the priority of electronic interaction between entrepreneurs and customs authorities. On the eve of the entry into force of the EAEU Customs Code, the Federal Customs Service of Russia adopted a Comprehensive Development Program until 2021. This is a clear plan of action in the context of changed legislation.
We began work on creating electronic customs offices and Electronic Declaration Centers. We plan to expand the use of auto-registration and auto-release technologies. It is the electronic format of interaction between entrepreneurs and customs authorities that will ensure simplicity and convenience for business, efficiency and security for the state.
General processes of the EAEU in the customs sphere will be implemented. It is also planned to implement measures to ensure the traceability of goods by connecting the information resources of the Federal Customs Service of Russia and the Federal Tax Service of Russia.
— GUIT draws up technical specifications when ordering software products and tools based on the assigned tasks and existing circumstances. But circumstances change, something becomes outdated, some new, more optimal solutions appear, while the contract spells out those existing at the time of its conclusion. Is it inevitable that part of the work that programmers do will remain unclaimed due to improving technologies, schemes, and algorithms? Or can this be somehow influenced?
— The dynamism of external changes forces us to abandon large-scale development of completely new products. Changes are carried out through modifications to existing software products. At the same time, the final goal and sequence of actions are, of course, known. When external conditions change, it is easier to correct the way and ways of achieving a goal than to correct a large-scale project.
The needs and goals of improvements are reviewed by various collegial bodies: the Scientific and Technical Council, target groups. We determine what exactly needs to be changed, what processes the improved software product will need to optimize. When the task is clearly stated, then the work becomes more organized and clear, and the final product becomes effective and in demand.
— How do you evaluate the efficiency, functionality, simplicity and ease of use of the Seaport CPS? Is it being finalized now, and in what part? How quickly can you make changes and modifications, the need for which is indicated by the participants in foreign trade activities working with it?
— The Sea Port Portal CPS is practically the first experience where all executive authorities performing functions at the border work through a “single window.” The difficult and painstaking stage of agreeing on joint work by executive authorities has been completed. In 2021, the implementation of the Sea Port Portal CPS was ensured in all customs authorities competent to carry out customs operations in relation to goods transported by water.
Now this work has reached the next stage - improving the functionality of the Sea Port Portal CPS and maintaining its performance. The level of informatization and technical readiness for general work in different departments differs. Participants in foreign trade activities are also not homogeneous. We are trying to improve the system as quickly as possible, but in such a way as not to “lose” in this process any of the participants who are not technically ready to move at such a speed.
— Do GUIT employees have a corporate chat on WhatsApp or Telegram (or other messenger) for more or less informal communication, or does all interaction take place only through the customs service’s own secure channels?
— The use of WhatApp, Telegram, and other instant messengers by GUIT officials for professional work is not allowed.
— Do customs services of other countries contact the Federal Customs Service (or directly the GUIT) in order to purchase a ready-made software solution for their own needs? If so, which products are in demand? If they are purchased for money, how is the value determined?
— Improvement of departmental information systems is carried out at the expense of the federal budget of the Russian Federation on the basis of the current regulatory legal acts of the EAEU and the Russian Federation, as well as taking into account the methodological recommendations of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation regarding the implementation of interdepartmental information interaction.
The software used by customs authorities is adapted to the specifics of the Federal Customs Service of Russia and the current customs legislation. When developing and modernizing the software used, the goal is not to make it a commercially attractive product. The Federal Customs Service of Russia is not a commercial organization. In addition, there are software solutions on the market that are standardized to the main goals and objectives of the customs authorities of most countries. Due to their typical nature, they do not take into account Russian characteristics. Therefore, the Federal Customs Service of Russia is moving “its own way” and does not seek to compete with these standardized developments.
— Are obsolete software tools written off or are new products created on their basis that meet today’s needs?
— If, during the development of information and software tools, the functionality completely “flows” from one system to another, information systems that have lost their relevance are subject to decommissioning and write-off in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.
— Is it possible to assume that in 10 years there will be no inspectors left in the EDCs (of which there should be 16, and all documentation should be concentrated in them), and there will be only computers?
— The computer and the inspector should not be pitted against each other. The transfer of documentation to the electronic sphere does not cancel the actual control of goods moved across the customs border. The function of actual control of goods distinguishes customs from other federal executive authorities. And this function of customs will remain at any level of development of information technology.
The development of information technology will make the interaction of foreign trade participants with customs faster and easier, and the choice of objects for actual control will become more reasonable and more inevitable for violators. As a result, the development of information technology will reduce the “burden” of actual control on law-abiding participants in foreign economic activity.
Federal State Unitary Enterprise of the Federal Customs Service
Materials based on the results of the press conference of the head of the GUIT FCS of the Russian Federation Dmitry Danilin during the interdepartmental scientific conference on the problems of import substitution and new developments in the field of information and communication technologies in customs authorities
04.04.2016
Newspaper "Kommersant" 04/01/2016
Customs will use its own router
Cisco Systems refused to provide IT support to the service
Due to EU and US sanctions, the Federal Customs Service cannot purchase and service high-performance routers and switches from Cisco Systems, on the purchase of which it spent several tens of millions of rubles a year. Without proper service, aging American equipment may malfunction, and it is still unknown when customs officers will switch to domestic developments.
Danilin , head of the main department of information technology (GUIT FCS), during the conference “On the problems of import substitution in customs authorities and new developments in the field of ICT.” “At the end of 2014, Cisco officially notified the Federal Customs Service of the impossibility of supplying its equipment due to sanctions measures taken by the European Union and the United States,” he said. “Such a decision may lead to untimely maintenance of telecommunications equipment and, as a result, an increase in emergency situations.” Before breaking off relations unilaterally, Cisco asked the Federal Customs Service whether its equipment would be used for military purposes, the service answered in the negative. Every year, the Federal Customs Service purchased equipment worth several tens of millions of rubles from Cisco. A Cisco Systems representative did not respond to questions about its relationship with the FCS.
In purchases by customs authorities of video conferencing equipment, the share of imports is 100%, in purchases of routers - 95%, switches - 90%, PBX - 55%, as written in the presentation of Dmitry Danilin . The share of Cisco Systems equipment used is 98%. The solution, he says; The service tests low-performance domestically produced switches. However, there are no Russian high-capacity switches and routers similar to Cisco on the market, and equipment manufactured in China is not suitable for FCS.
Cisco was not ready for the FCS to use equipment throughout Russia, a top manager at an international company explains the cessation of supplies. “It is quite possible that the company is guided by this logic, fearing the claims of its country,” agrees Yulia Galueva from the National Legal Service. “The government agency automatically supports state policy; customs cannot but work in Crimea.”
Other American companies did not stop supplies to the FCS, notes the head of the GUIT FCS. Although in 2021, the FCS will be forced to find a replacement for the ArcSight system, “the developer of which has declared support for sanctions against Russia,” his report says. The developer of ArcSight is Hewlett-Packard Enterprise; they did not respond to Kommersant’s request. “This is an American company, we cannot be sure of reliability and are switching to the Russian equivalent,” explained Dmitry Danilin . ArcSight is used to ensure the security of the Unified Automated Information System of customs authorities. ArcSight belongs to the class of SIEM software products that collect information from all systems and issue a verdict on what violations exist, says InfoWatch CEO Natalya Kasperskaya. “These are sensors that analyze how well the network infrastructure is functioning,” she said, adding that she was not aware of any Russian equivalents. InfoWatch products are already used by the Federal Customs Service, but they relate to “content filtering,” added Ms. Kasperskaya.
The FCS itself does not see any analogues to Oracle database management systems and Microsoft OS, although it is testing domestic developments, says the report of the head of GUIT. “We must move away from imports and switch to domestic developments and solutions, which include system software, telecommunications, information security, and technical means of customs control,” Dmitry Danilin . At the same time, funding for ICT in 2021 will be reduced by 40% compared to 2015, he added.
News Agency "Rambler" 04/01/2016
Customs warned of possible disruptions due to the cessation of supplies of Cisco equipment
IT corporation Cisco notified the Federal Customs Service of the cessation of supplies of telecommunications equipment due to sanctions. This was stated by the head of the main department of information technology of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Dmitry Danilin at an interdepartmental scientific conference at the Russian Customs Academy.
“Cisco at the end of 2014 officially notified the Federal Customs Service of Russia that it would not be able to supply equipment due to sanctions measures taken by the EU and the USA,” Danilin . According to him, the share of the company’s equipment in the department is 95%.
“This (refusal of supplies. - RNS) may lead to untimely equipment repair and maintenance, which will lead to emergency situations,” he added.
According to Danilin , work is currently underway to find equipment that will be as close in characteristics as possible to foreign ones.
News Agency "TASS", 03/31/2016
The Federal Customs Service does not see any risks for the distribution of goods when switching to domestic software
The head of the main department of information technology of the Federal Customs Service emphasized that the service will not switch to domestic software until it is convinced that it is of high quality
The Federal Customs Service (FCS) does not see any risks for the movement of goods when switching to domestic software, Dmitry Danilin .
“No risks. Until we are convinced that the software is of high quality, we will not switch to it, firstly. Secondly, all application software is already domestic, and we are only talking about finding system-wide software for managing databases and operating systems,” said Danilin .
Foreign products will be used only if there are no domestic analogues. However, the share of such products is high: if the level of import dependence for software and hardware for information security is no more than 8%, then for system-wide software, telecommunications equipment and inspection systems this figure is almost 100%, he said.
Thus, the FCS plans to replace the Windows operating system (OS) with a Russian analogue. In 2021, the department will continue to test several alternative operating systems.
Database management systems (DBMS) are provided to the customs service by Oracle, and the agency has not yet found a replacement for it on the domestic market.
According to Danilin , the FCS also has problems with telecommunications equipment. The share of telecommunications equipment used by customs authorities from American Cisco Systems is 98%. Due to EU and US sanctions, this company’s equipment is no longer supplied to Russia. “We are denied service - this is scary for us. There is equipment, there is no maintenance,” said Danilin , explaining that the lack of timely maintenance and repair of equipment can lead to an increase in emergency situations - failure of specialized software, equipment and communication channels.
To transition to new models of equipment, FTS is searching for a product that can, in terms of its technical characteristics, be as close as possible to the Cisco Systems line. According to him, Russian companies announce their equipment as domestic, but in reality it turns out that it is not developed or produced in Russia.
Customs authorities plan to begin the transition to domestic software in the second half of 2021. The main transition will occur in 2021, Danilin .
In November 2015, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree according to which, from January 1, 2021, government agencies must purchase software from a special register of Russian software unless they can prove that domestic developers have no analogues to the foreign software they need. According to the Minister of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Nikolai Nikiforov, as of March 30, there were about 250 programs in this register.
II "Finam.ru", 03/31/2016
Russian customs officers will not receive equipment due to EU and US sanctions
The Federal Customs Service said that this could cause disruptions in the department’s work.
Due to EU and US sanctions, Cisco Systems will not be able to supply its equipment to the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of the Russian Federation. Kommersant writes about this with reference to the head of the main department of information technology of the Federal Customs Service Dmitry Danilin .
At the conference “On the problems of import substitution in customs authorities and new developments in the field of ICT,” he said that Cisco Systems’ share in the supply of routers and video conferencing equipment is 98 percent. According to him, customs officers use one hundred percent of imported video conferencing equipment, 95 percent of routers, 90 percent of switches and 55 percent of automatic telephone exchanges.
Danilin noted that at the end of 2014, Cisco Systems officially notified the Federal Customs Service of the impossibility of supplying its equipment. This “can lead to untimely maintenance of telecommunications equipment and, as a result, an increase in emergency situations,” he believes.
Earlier, information appeared in the media that American sanctions prevented Cisco Systems from selling its products to government customers related to the Russian military-industrial complex.
On March 30, Putin demanded that state-owned companies begin using Russian software as soon as possible.
Press service of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation
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