St. Petersburg polytechnical institute of Kaspersky Total Security

The Kaspersky Lab which supported the project on creation of the first Russian SOL sunmobile will help to protect the innovation vehicle from cyberthreats and malware during the international competitions American Solar Challenge which will take place from July 6 to July 22 in the USA.

The sunmobile is created by college team of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University of Polytech Solar Team. The solution Kaspersky Total Security is installed on all working computers and tablets by means of which the car and the systems of its management is developed.

Protection of the sunmobile from kiberguroz is especially important because its controller of telemetry in real time collects all parameters, necessary for management: speed, tension, current, temperature of the battery and solar panels, level of a charge of batteries.

During the American Solar Challenge championship all data should go on a specially allotted communication channel to the computers installed in the escort car. It is necessary in order that on the basis of the acquired information, considering the forecast of solar radiation and a land relief to calculate the optimal speed at which solar energy will be used most effectively. Data on a communication channel will back go to the pilot of the sunmobile which will have an opportunity to include a system a cruise control and to support speed in the necessary range.