NRNU MEPhI uses Solar appScreen to educate students

2023: Using Solar appScreener

The National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" uses a comprehensive solution for monitoring the security of the software Solar appScreener of the company "RTK-Solar" in training programs that are intended for future information security specialists. About this company "RTK-Solar" April 27, 2023.

Against the background of the rapid development of IT systems and the active introduction of digital tools in all spheres of the economy, the amount of program code that requires testing for vulnerabilities has grown significantly in recent years, "said Daniil Chernov, director of the Solar appScreen Center of RTK-Solar. - Accordingly, the number of threats associated with this is also growing. To effectively find and fix vulnerabilities in the software, you need tools that not only provide code validation automation, but also allow you to correlate the results of different types of analysis. The use of Solar appScreener in the framework of professional training of young specialists will increase the practical orientation of training.

Teachers in the Cryptology and Cybersecurity department use Solar appScreener during classes on secure software development. Students use it to prepare coursework and thesis. Thanks to the use of Solar appScreener, they gain practical skills in working with the first Russian solution, which combines static and dynamic code analysis within one interface. This allows them to gain insight into leading application security technologies and become highly qualified professionals in the future.

Earlier, in practical classes on secure software development, we used open source analyzers, - said Anna Epishkina, acting Head of the Department of Cryptology and Cybersecurity, NRNU MEPhI. - Compared to them and other domestic solutions, Solar appScreener has a number of qualities important for our work. First of all, this is the simplicity of settings, it is also very important for us.

With the help of the RTK-Solar solution, students check for vulnerabilities in various open source applications, as well as programs independently developed as part of the training course. Solar appScreener's capabilities allow you to explore approaches to secure software development within the respective disciplines. Students learn how to build complex systems to provide secure development processes based on the Solar appScreener solution. In addition, the Solar appScreener functionality makes it possible to effectively use it during training of future developers and information security specialists: the solution not only highlights vulnerabilities and undeclared capabilities found in the code text, but also gives detailed recommendations for their elimination.