Softline again provided information security of digital educational content for the "Academy of the Ministry of Education of Russia"

2024: Checking training materials for harmful content

The Group of Companies Softline (PJSC Softline"") carried out an examination for the FSAEI DPO "" Academy of the Ministry of Education of Russia With digital educational content. the help of a specialized "" software Kaspersky Lab the experts of the vendor and Softline check the educational materials for the absence of malicious content. This allows the customer to provide safe and verified content to subordinate institutions of secondary general, formations RUSSIAN FEDERATION thereby guaranteeing high-quality e-learning in accordance with the federal state educational standard. Softline announced this on August 10, 2024.

FSAEI DPO "Academy of the Ministry of Education of Russia" develops digital educational content in all levels and academic subjects of general education. The purpose of this activity is to form a single course using electronic educational materials, as well as means for determining the level of knowledge and skills of students in subjects studied at the basic level of primary, basic and secondary general education. Digital educational content and services are carefully tested according to a number of criteria in accordance with the procedure established by the Ministry of Education of Russia.

One of the most important procedures is to conduct an examination for the absence of malicious software in the developed electronic educational materials.

Softline Group of Companies has been conducting content expertise for the Academy of the Ministry of Education of Russia since 2021 by concluding an agreement for the provision of expertise services for the absence of harmful content. Based on the results of this check, the customer is provided with an expert opinion. The examination includes verification of each unit of digital educational content using the following detection technologies:

• antivirus scanner;
• behavioral analysis;
• sandbox;
• network activity analysis;
• checking to look like known malicious objects;
• machine learning-based detection technologies;
• Check against the global knowledge base.

We have been working with the Academy of the Ministry of Education of Russia in various areas for several years. The examination of the educational content of the customer has become a significant event for us, since we see the great social significance of this project. We conducted a review of educational content together with our strategic partner Kaspersky Lab for the first time three years ago. As a result, the customer was convinced of the high efficiency of this procedure. This has led to the fact that a thorough examination of electronic educational materials is now carried out by our team with the help of a vendor annually and is an integral part of the protection against cyber threats implemented by the FSAEI DPO "Academy of the Ministry of Education of Russia," said Artyom Gavrilov, leading sales manager of the department for work with state organizations of Softline Group of Companies.

{{quote 'We have been cooperating with the Softline team since its inception and are fully confident in the expertise of its specialists. Together with our partner, we strive to ensure digital sustainability and security for our customers. Our KATA and KEDR Expert solutions include advanced detection mechanisms and ensure protection against advanced threats. With the help of this software, a scan and analysis was carried out for the presence of malicious content of a large amount of data for the FSAEI DPO "Academy of the Ministry of Education of Russia," which allowed the customer to effectively manage cybersecurity risks, "commented Marina Usova, head of corporate sales at Kaspersky Lab. }}

{{quote 'One of our priority tasks is to create a digital educational environment (a single educational space), in connection with which we pay great attention to the development of electronic educational materials for the implementation of basic educational programs. The use of digital content in learning opens up new opportunities for both students and educators. However, the use of new digital techniques is inevitably associated with threats to information security, the number of which is growing every day. It is important for us that the educational process is not only effective and accessible, but also protected. Therefore, each file is checked by the Softline command, which is recorded in the expert opinion. This allows us to be fully confident in the safety of the content and in accordance with the federal state educational standard, - summed up Evgeny Malevanov, acting Rector of the FSAOU DPO "Academy of the Ministry of Education of Russia." }}