The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus. An archive photo
MINSK, 20 November (BelTA) – The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) intends to introduce three new cybersecurity standards in 2026, BelTA learned from NBRB First Deputy Chairman of the Board Aleksandr Yegorov before the Cybersecurity 2026 forum began in the Minsk International Expo Center.
Aleksandr Yegorov said: “Without a doubt the first topic is world trends because we are tightly integrated into the world banking system and the world financial one. And the challenges the world faces also occur in Belarus because matters of cyber fraud and cyber threats have already gone transnational.”
The second important aspect is statistics based on the year 2025 data. “We see an increase in the number of cases and the volume of cyber frauds and a significant increase in threats related to cybersecurity and attacks against our banks. I can definitely say that there are no substantial threats from the point of view of the banking infrastructure. All the attacks have been repulsed. The banking system operates steadily,” the first deputy chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus pointed out.
In his opinion, the vigilance of citizens plays the central role in stopping cyber frauds. “If citizens are not vigilant, then whatever systems we may put in place, whatever tools we may use, it is very difficult to stop it if people give away their money out of their own will,” he remarked.
Perspectives for the year 2026 and the tools the central bank intends to deploy were mentioned as the third topic. “First of all, as far as cybersecurity is concerned, we intend to introduce three standards that will become mandatory. For the sake of fighting against cyber frauds a number of tools will be employed, including antifraud systems. We also tightly cooperate with banks and cryptocurrency exchanges in order to minimize the volume of frauds,” Aleksandr Yegorov said.
He stressed that not all the banks have introduced technologies leveraging artificial intelligence. “Some banks are at the forefront in using AI. Top-performing banks have resources. The larger the bank, the more assets it has, the easier it is for the bank to introduce various new tools. Smaller banks copy their practices. It is cheaper for them,” the official explained.
Aleksandr Yegorov said that less than half a year before a cyber threat response exercise had been held and teams from Belarus’ commercial banks had participated in the exercise as well. “I can say that teams of the banks came first both among those, who imitated actions of hackers, and among those, who repulsed their attacks. Whatever artificial intelligence you may use, it is no secret that people are the most important thing. They are trained from the point of view of defense and from the point of view of understanding how malefactors may attack. They invent various tools in advance in order to minimize risks for the banking system and for the citizens, who are clients of the bank,” he offered an opinion.
“We have the tools that allow neutralizing all the threats. Statistics for January-October 2025 indicates that we’ve detected no critical threats. From my experience I can say that all the necessary measures are getting implemented in our banks from the point of view of the Operations and Analysis center, the latest trends of data security,” Aleksandr Yegorov summarized.
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