According to a survey by Garda, nearly half of Russian companies regularly transfer copies of production databases to test environments without modification. Furthermore, 18.8% of firms maintain test databases within the same cluster as their production systems.
Under the 420-FZ law, effective May 30, 2025, a data leak involving 1,000 to 10,000 individuals carries a fine of 3 to 5 million rubles for a legal entity. Repeated violations result in fines ranging from 1% to 3% of annual revenue, with a minimum of 25 million rubles.
Regulatory requirements for data anonymization are governed by Roskomnadzor Order No. 140, which replaced the 2013 Order No. 996 on September 1, 2025. Additionally, Rosstandart introduced three standards for synthetic data—PNST 1064-2026, PNST 1065-2026, and PNST 1066-2026—which have been in effect since September 1, 2026.
The process of building a synthetic data pipeline involves seven steps, starting with field classification. A readiness metric for the next stage is a classification confirmation rate of at least 95%. Organizations are advised to use tools like ydata-profiling, Great Expectations, Soda, or SQL on ClickHouse for data analysis.
A data contract, stored in YAML format, defines the requirements for a dataset, including volume, cardinality, and privacy constraints. For generation, approximately 80% of data can be handled by deterministic rules, 15% requires statistical methods, and only 5% necessitates the use of neural networks.
