A student information security Olympiad will take place at MEPI: how to participate and what does it give

From April 19 to April 21, 2019 the All-Russian Student Information Security Olympiad will be held at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI.

The Olympiad is supported by Positive Technologies. Not only MEPhI students can take part in the competition, but also students from other universities between the ages of 18 and 25.
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About the competition

The Olympiad is held on the basis of MEPI over the past few years. The competition is supported by leading companies in the industry, including Positive Technologies.

The Olympiad is held in two rounds - theoretical and practical. Winners, prize-winners and laureates of the Olympiad will be awarded with diplomas and valuable gifts. The winners of the Olympiad will 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 "Computer Science and Computers" and "Information Security". Winners and prize-winners (participants who took 1st, 2nd and 3rd places) are credited to the magistracy of NRNU MEPhI for engineering training without entrance examinations.

How to participate

Students of higher educational institutions who are not older than 25 years old who are studying for undergraduate programs, specialties and magistracies in integrated training areas of 10.00.00 and 09.00.00, can become participants in the Information Security Olympiad.

If you are seriously interested in cybersecurity issues, then you can take part in the competition. One university can send up to four people to the Olympiad. To do this, the student must register on the Olympiad website until April 17 and print an application for participation. A representative of the higher education institution, from which a student or several students will be sent, must send to the organizing committee of the Olympiad ( olymp_is@mail.ru ) April 17, 2019 scanned versions of applications for each participant signed by the rector (vice-rector, dean, director of the institute) with the seal of 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 in the competition out of competition, registration for them ends on April 12.

Support for the student competition is part of the non-profit Positive Education program aimed at increasing the level of education in the field of information security in Russia. As part of this program, Positive Technologies helps universities, by providing MaxPatrol 8, MaxPatrol SIEM, PT Application Firewall and XSpider products for free, and company experts conduct seminars for students. MEPhI and dozens of other universities of the country participate in the Positive Education program.