Article 1
Basic Terms
For the purposes of interaction between the Parties in the implementation of
this Agreement, the basic terms shall be used that are listed in Annex 1 (“List of
basic terms in the field of international information security”) which shall be an
integral part of this Agreement.
Annex 1 may be supplemented, specified, and updated, as appropriate, by
agreement of the Parties.
Article 2
Major Threats in the Field of International Information Security
In the course of cooperation under this Agreement, the Parties proceed from the
presence of the following key threats to international information security:
1) Developing and using information weapons, preparing and conducting
information warfare;
2) Information terrorism;
3) Cybercrime;
4) Use of a dominant position in the information space to the detriment of the
interests and security of other States;
5) Dissemination of information prejudicial to the socio-political and socioeconomic systems, spiritual, moral and cultural environment of other States;
6) Threats to secure and stable functioning of global and national information
infrastructures that are natural and/or manmade.
The agreed understanding by the Parties of the substance of the basic threats
listed in this Article is presented in Annex 2 (“List of basic types, sources and
features of threats to international information security”) which shall be an integral
part of this Agreement.
Appendix 2 may be supplemented, specified, and updated, as appropriate, by
agreement of the Parties.
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