SORM
Sign in to saveAlso known as System of Operative Search Measures, Sistema tekhnicheskikh sredstv dlya obespecheniya funktsiy operativno-razysknykh meropriyatiy
The System for Operative Investigative Activities (SORM; ) is the technical specification for lawful interception interfaces of telecommunications and telephone networks operating in Russia. The current form of the specification enables the targeted surveillance of both telephone and Internet communications. Initially implemented in 1995 to allow access to surveillance data for the FSB, in subsequent years the access has been widened to other law enforcement agencies.
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- SORM-1
- SORM-2
- SORM-3
- Architecture and deployment
- Access by government agencies
- Warrant and notification regulations
- ''Zakharov v. Russia''
- Yarovaya law
- See also
- References
- External links
- Media
- Official instructions
The System for Operative Investigative Activities (SORM; ) is the technical specification for lawful interception interfaces of telecommunications and telephone networks operating in Russia. The current form of the specification enables the targeted surveillance of both telephone and Internet communications. Initially implemented in 1995 to allow access to surveillance data for the FSB, in subsequent years the access has been widened to other law enforcement agencies.
==History== ===SORM-1=== SORM was first implemented in 1995, requiring telecommunications operators to install FSB-provided hardware allowing the agency to monitor users’ communications metadata and content, including phone calls, email traffic and web browsing activity, despite the low internet penetration rate at the time.