Gazinformservis company and South Ural State University (SUSU) have signed a cooperation agreement, under which SUSU students will gain access to the company’s flagship product: the Efros Defence Operations IT infrastructure protection system. The platform is provided free of charge.
The ability to practically apply tools widely used in the field of cybersecurity is an important aspect of training specialists in the field of information security. The multifunctional Efros Defence Operations IT infrastructure protection complex will allow SUSU students to gain practical experience of working with cutting-edge systems.
“We believe that investing in education means investing in the future. SUSU is a leader in training specialists for the real sector of economy. On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the university, we have provided students with access to the Efros DefOps system so that future stars of the Ural industrial cybersecurity could study using Gazinformservis products,” notes Deputy General Director and Head of the Customer Relations Department Roman Pustarnakov.
The partnership goes beyond providing access to software. The parties are planning joint educational, scientific, technical and innovative projects, exchange of experience and development of competencies in the field of information security.
“For South Ural State University, the introduction of Efros DefOps into the educational process of the Department of Information Security is, most of all, an opportunity to study the most modern solutions for monitoring the integrity of network infrastructures, operating systems and application software,” says SUSU Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation Evgeniy Kabiolskiy.
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OOO Gazinformservis is a Russian developer of software and hardware-software for information security and integrated engineering and technical security. The company specializes in creating information security systems for facilities and information security systems for corporations in the energy and transport industries, government agencies, industrial enterprises, as well as financial sector institutions and telecommunications companies.
South Ural State University (National Research University) is a centre of educational, scientific, cultural and sports life in the South Ural region. South Ural State University conducts innovative research in most of the priority fields of science and technology development. In accordance with the strategy of scientific 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. In 2021 SUSU became the winner in the competition under the Priority 2030 program. The university functions as a regional project office of the Ural Interregional Scientific and Educational Centre "Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Materials", which was created to unite the potential of educational and scientific organizations of the real sector of the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan regions under the Science and Universities national project. For more information about SUSU, please visit its website: www.susu.ru.