NOVO-OGARYOVO, Oct. 15 -- Three days after a drone attack halted Yandex's data center in Vladimir, President Vladimir Putin convened the Security Council secretary, the central bank governor, the head of the Federal Security Service, Moscow's mayor and Sberbank's chief executive to discuss raising Russia's digital security.

Putin said in his opening remarks, published by the Kremlin, that cyberthreats to the economy, logistics, transport, social services and public administration "have reached a new level" amid "direct and hybrid acts of external aggression." He asked for better risk assessment, "monitoring dependence on external platforms" and faster response to cyberattacks, and for closer coordination between law enforcement and intel...