MEPhI organizes an information security olympiad for students



    Very soon, April 21-23, 2017, the All-Russian Student Information Security Olympiad will be held. The competition is held on the basis of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI with the participation of Positive Technologies. Students aged 18 to 25 years can take part in the Olympiad.

    About the competition


    For several consecutive years, the All-Russian Information Security Olympiad has been held at MEPhI. The Olympics are supported by the largest companies in the industry, including Positive Technologies and Kaspersky Lab.

    The Olympiad consists of two rounds - theoretical and practical. The winner and prize-winners of the Olympiad will be awarded with diplomas and valuable prizes from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute and event sponsors, as well as receive benefits for admission to the magistracy of the Institute of Intelligent Cybernetic Systems of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in the areas of training “Informatics and Computer Engineering” and “Information Security”

    How to take part


    Students of higher educational institutions no older than 25 years old (at the time of the event) who are studying under the undergraduate, specialty and master's programs in the areas of preparation 10.00.00 and 09.00.00 are invited to participate in the Olympiad. Participants must pass a competitive selection at the place of study (up to 4 people from the university).

    Registration takes place on the event website from March 10 to April 19: olymp.mephi.ru/is2017/ .

    The representative of the university administration should send scanned versions of applications for each participant representing the university, signed by the rector (vice-rector, dean) with the seal of the university or faculty, to the organizing committee of the olympiad (olymp_is@mail.ru) until April 19. Participants of the Olympiad hand over the original applications upon registration before the start of the full-time tour.

    Foreign students can take part out of competition (the end of registration for them is April 15).

    Support for the Olympiad is part of the Positive Education curriculum aimed at improving the level of professional education in the field of information security in Russia.

    MEPhI is a member of the program and was given the opportunity to use a number of company products for educational purposes. In addition, our experts conduct seminars for students. Some of them write theses using PT Application Firewall and MaxPatrol SIEM.

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