"Gazinformservice" and SUSU signed a cooperation agreement

2024: Agreement to provide the Efros Defense Operations solution free of charge

Gazinformservice and South Ural State University (SUSU) signed a cooperation agreement under which SUSU students will have access to the company's flagship product, the Efros Defense Operations IT infrastructure protection system. The platform is provided free of charge. Gazinformservice announced this on December 4, 2024.

The ability to use tools widely used in the field of cybersecurity in practice is an important aspect of training specialists in the field of information security. The multifunctional complex for protecting the IT infrastructure of Efros Defense Operations will allow SUSU students to gain practical experience in working with modern systems.

The parties plan joint educational, scientific, technical and innovative projects, exchange of experience and development of competencies in the field of information security.

We are convinced that investment in education is investment in the future. We provided students with access to the Efros DefOps system so that future stars of the Ural industrial cybersecurity learn from Gazinformservice products, "said Roman Pustarnakov, Deputy General Director and Head of the Customer Management Department.

For South Ural State University, the introduction of Efros DefOps into the educational process of the Department of Information Protection is primarily an opportunity to study the most modern solutions for monitoring the integrity of network infrastructures, operating systems and application software, "said Yevgeny Kabiolsky, Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation of SUSU.