Industrial companies must take responsibility for protecting their own facilities from drone attacks, according to counter-drone security expert Ilya Rybalchenko. The measures should cover production sites, fuel depots, tank farms, vehicle parking areas, critical workshops and transformer substations.

Management should establish a dedicated security system in advance rather than rely on a single piece of equipment. Such a system may include shelters, protective canopies, engineering barriers, anti-drone nets, electronic warfare equipment and drone detection systems. Facilities also need clear operating procedures and personnel assigned to monitor the situation.

Rybalchenko said effective protection begins with identifying the most vulnerable parts of a site. Security specialists must determine which areas require physical shielding, where mobile canopy structures should be installed and which locations need continuous surveillance or electronic warfare coverage. A separate response protocol should also be prepared for security staff.

Modern counter-drone protection is built as a multilayered system. Specialists first inspect the facility and assess potential threats before designing the overall security architecture. Depending on the site, it may combine passive structures, engineered fabric interception systems, drone detection equipment, jamming systems and software used to coordinate the response.

Several types of counter-drone solutions are already in use in Russia. Rybalchenko cited the Zont software platform, which is designed to detect and track unmanned aerial vehicles while coordinating countermeasures. Stationary and mobile anti-drone systems are also available, along with mobile canopy structures intended to protect buildings, vehicles, storage tanks and warehouses.