Air Traffic Management Corporation Deploys Cyber Backup Platform Across Critical Infrastructure
Russia's State Air Traffic Management Corporation has deployed the Russian-developed Cyber Backup platform from Cyberprotect, replacing foreign backup software as part of its digital transformation and import substitution program through 2027. The deployment enables backup of more than one petabyte of data across the country's distributed infrastructure and, according to the project participants, reduces network traffic, improves backup management, and lowers the risk of IT system failures.
The Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation of the Russian Federation" operates critical infrastructure that helps ensure the safety and reliability of civil aviation. That means protecting its data is directly tied to the resilience of the country's air traffic management system. This is far more than a routine software upgrade. It is about securing a geographically distributed IT environment.
Deploying the Russian-developed Cyber Backup platform from Cyberprotect demonstrates that domestically developed backup software can reliably protect petabyte-scale datasets while meeting stringent requirements for resilience and information security.
For Russia, replacing foreign backup platforms across the transportation sector with domestic alternatives represents another step toward greater technological independence and reduced reliance on overseas software.
Recovering Data and Services
The long-term significance of the deployment lies in supporting the corporation's transition to a unified Russian IT ecosystem built on domestically developed core infrastructure software. Within that environment, the backup platform becomes a critical layer for restoring data and services after system failures or cyber incidents.
The experience could also be replicated across airports, airlines, and other critical infrastructure operators. Demand is steadily increasing for solutions compatible with Russian operating systems, virtualization platforms, and storage technologies, while migration to domestic software has become an industry-wide trend. Market growth is reinforcing that shift. Spending on backup software reached 6.8 billion rubles (approximately $87 million) in 2024, and Russian vendors continue expanding their market share.
Growing Demand for Domestic Platforms
In 2022, Cyberprotect received a 28.3 million ruble grant (approximately $360,000) from the Russian Foundation for Information Technology Development, allowing the company to accelerate development of Cyber Backup 16. A year later, the platform began rolling out at organizations that manage mission-critical data, including the Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology and several industrial enterprises. In 2024, deployments expanded to TKP JSC, UEC-Kuznetsov, the Zverev Krasnogorsk Plant, and the PhosAgro Group.
Between 2024 and 2025, the State Air Traffic Management Corporation migrated approximately 10,000 workstations to domestically developed software. That created the foundation for replacing its backup platform and building a unified IT environment. In 2025, Cyber Backup was also deployed at Titan-2, providing further evidence of growing demand for Russian-developed infrastructure software in industries where reliability and data protection are paramount.
New Priorities
Deploying Cyber Backup within the State Air Traffic Management Corporation marks another milestone in replacing imported infrastructure software across Russia's civil aviation sector. The project protects more than one petabyte of data across a distributed strategic enterprise, underscoring the scale of the undertaking.
Analysts expect demand for platforms of this kind to continue growing over the next several years as government agencies, industrial companies, and transportation operators migrate to Russian IT ecosystems. Domestic vendors have already increased their market share from 19% in 2021 to 69% in 2024. Faster service recovery, stronger ransomware protection, and broader interoperability are expected to become the industry's next priorities. For the air traffic management corporation, the logical next step would be routine disaster recovery testing across its entire IT environment.
