The residents of the South Ural region have been reminded of the importance of information security during an online press conference on cybersecurity “Cyber Threats: Opinion of South Urals Experts”. A SUSU employee, Head of the Research and Education Centre (REC), which was created jointly with Kaspersky Laboratory (leading information security company), took part in the conference. Thanks to such cooperation, SUSU graduates learn from real examples and receive the most relevant knowledge.
A quarter of all crimes registered by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in 2020 were committed using infocommunication technologies. In order not to become a victim of fraudsters, you need to be able to protect personal data, and managers of large enterprises must take care of the safety of information related to the production activities. The importance of cybersecurity was once again emphasized at the press conference “Cyber Threats: Opinion of South Urals Experts”, held online under the guidance of “Granada Press”.
Acting Director of the Information Security Research and Education Centre of South Ural State University Andrey Barinov was among the invited experts. He spoke about how the REC implements one of the goals that is the support of the educational process of students of the Department of Information Security of the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. Students work with real programs that ensure information security provided by Kaspersky Laboratory, which is a REC's partner. In addition, real projects are being implemented.
“We are developing cooperation with partners of Kaspersky Laboratory, who implement and use their products in the regions. Our cross-cutting theme is related to the production facilities, the Internet of Things. A partnership has been established with ChelPipe, and a project-based learning program is being implemented with it. Students work according to the task set by the employer, undergo practical training on its site, and within the framework of this activity they write term papers and final qualification works,” said Andrey Barinov.
SUSU students are trained in the disciplines that meet the current requirements for information security specialists. The need for professionals in this field is only increasing, thus, SUSU graduates are in demand on the labour market.
Information security specialists work with data of organisations and enterprises. However, every Internet user is responsible for the security of personal information. The instructions on how to protect your data can be found on the web-site of the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications of the Chelyabinsk Region.
South Ural State University is a university of digital transformations, where innovative research is conducted in most of the priority fields of development of science and technology. In accordance with the strategies of research and technological development of the Russian Federation, the university is focused on the development of big scientific interdisciplinary projects in the field of digital industry, materials science, and ecology. Within the framework of these fields, objects of metallurgy, mechanical engineering, power industry, housing and communal services, safe urban infrastructure, and human comfort are being studied.
SUSU is the participant of Project 5-100, which is aimed to enhance the competitiveness of Russian universities among the leading research and education centres.