The Operational and Analytical Center under the Aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Оперативно-аналитический центр при Президенте Республики Беларусь[1]) is a government agency in charge of regulating the protection of classified information, including state secrets of the Republic of Belarus or other information, which is protected in line with the legislation, against leakage by technical channels, against unsanctioned and unintended actions.
[2] Among other things the OAC operation involves preventing DOS/DDOS attacks against websites,[3] offering a cloud computing service in Belarus to enable information interoperability between government agencies and the operation of the digital government,[4] nominating primary national ISPs, which can connect to foreign networks,[5] verifying the suitability of equipment required for digital interactive games.
Each regional branch was assigned an area of responsibility including defense enterprises and organizations located in several oblasts or republics.
The Minsk Special Center of the USSR State Technical Commission was set up on the premises of the regional inspection in August 1989.
The new body was tasked with ensuring the protection of classified data by technical means in government agencies, at enterprises, in institutions and organizations during the research, development, manufacturing, and operation of armaments, military hardware, automated control systems, electronic computing machines used for the defense and security of the country.