Test your strength in the All-Russian Security Olympiad

How to find a job in the field of information security, without having experience of professional activity? A lot of letters come to Positive Technologies with a similar question. A good chance to express themselves will be on April 22-24, when the fourth All-Russian Student Information Security Olympiad will be held at MEPI.

Not only MEPI students can participate in the competition, but also students from other universities between the ages of 18 and 25. Winners, prize-winners and laureates of the Olympiad will be awarded with diplomas and valuable gifts and will receive benefits when entering the magistracy department of the Cybernetics and Information Security faculty of NRNU MEPI.
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The event is held on the basis of MEPI under the patronage of the FSTEC of Russia and UMO IB. The competition is supported by the largest companies in the industry, including Positive Technologies and Kaspersky Lab.

The Olympiad includes two tours in the following areas (categories):

• Round I (theoretical) - cryptology, software protection; protection of information from leakage through technical channels (tasks in acoustics, vibroacoustics, LF AEP, PEMIN);
• Round II (practical) - web application security and malware mitigation.

The winner and prize-winners of the Olympiad will be awarded with diplomas and valuable prizes from the MEPI and sponsors of the event. The best teams of universities will also receive prizes (based on the results of the three best participants from the university).

How to participate

To participate in the competition are invited students of higher educational institutions not older than 25 years (at the time of the event), students of undergraduate programs, specialties and magistracies training areas 10.0x.0x (090xxx) and 09.0x.0x (230xxx). 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 15 to April 20: olymp.mephi.ru/is2016 .

A representative of the university administration should, before April 20, send to the address of the organizing committee of the Olympiad ( olymp_is@mail.ru ) scanned versions of applications for each participant representing the university, signed by the rector (vice-rector, dean) stamped by the university or faculty. The originals of the applications are submitted by the participants at the registration before the start of the full-time tour.

Foreign students can take part out of the competition (end of registration for them - April 8).

Detailed information about the competition is given in the information letter .

About Positive Education

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

Recall that within the framework of Positive Education, a competition of young scientists Young School is held . Already on May 17 and 18, finalists of the competition can talk about their research at the International Forum Positive Hack Days VI, which will be held in Moscow.