VPN purchases by Russian government agencies increased by 683% over the year

According to them, the number of tenders increased by 20% and amounted to 490. Compared to the same period in 2022, the number of purchases decreased by 4% and total costs increased by 386%.

State-owned companies also increased spending on VPNs by 122%, up to 311 million rubles, and the number of purchases by 33%. Experts attribute this to the growing number of DDoS attacks, the need to encrypt traffic and protect against theft of personal data and the destruction of important information.

In 2024, part of the purchases fell on SD-WAN services, which encrypt traffic and manage data routing. As noted by Vladimir Volkov, vice president of work with corporate clients at Rostelecom, large companies and government clients are paying more and more attention to the security of IT infrastructure. “We are seeing a significant increase in the number of consumers of the service and a multiple increase in data transmission over secure VPN channels,” he said.

MegaFon confirmed the growth in VPN demand and highlighted “super high growth” among government customers. This is due not only to the security requirements of government agencies, but also to the need for secure exchange of confidential information between remote departments, the operator’s representative noted.

Previously it became known that the volume of government purchases of iPhones in Russia during the nine months of 2024 quadrupled: up to 6.8 million rubles, compared to 1.6 million rubles in the same period of 2023.