UserGate opens specialized computer class at Gubkin University

2025: Computer Class Discovery

UserGate has opened a specialized computer classroom with 30 jobs at Gubkin University. UserGate announced this on February 14, 2025.

The opening ceremony was attended by Vice-Rector for Additional Professional Education of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkina Nikita Golunov, Head of the Department of Integrated Security of Critical Facilities Dmitry Pravikov and Director of the UserGate Academy Margarita Zaytseva.

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The availability of its own equipped classroom at Gubkin University will increase the efficiency of the educational process by immersing students in the subject: in addition to an expanded package of teaching materials and licenses, students will have access to the demo software and hardware complex - the next generation firewall UserGate NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall).

UserGate solutions, de facto, have become an industry standard in the field of network security. This determines the relevance of educational courses aimed at deep immersion in the products of the Russian vendor. Thanks to the cooperation of the university and UserGate, we can offer not only a serious basic education in the field of information security, but also specialization in the field of solutions that are used in the oil and gas industry. Knowledge and skills that can be obtained at the university are widely in demand both among students who begin their lives in the profession and among specialists who receive additional professional education from us, "summed up Nikita Golunov, Vice-Rector for Additional Professional Education of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas.

Fuel and energy complex facilities have always been under the scrutiny of cyber attackers who sought to gain access to their information systems for a variety of purposes: from data theft to the organization of accidents and man-made disasters. In recent years, the number of cyber attacks on Russian critical infrastructure has increased significantly, and their complexity has increased. For effective counteraction, they need qualified specialists who have experience working with domestic information security solutions that have the necessary level of technological independence. The opening of a class designed to educate students on specially formed curricula, as well as the presence of demonstration equipment designed and manufactured in Russia, is an important event in the field of improving the security of information infrastructure at the state level, "said Dmitry Pravikov, Head of the Department of Integrated Security of Critical Facilities of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkina.

The landscape of cyber threats is changing very quickly, attacks are becoming more complex and sophisticated, political ones are added to commercial goals, which means that the IT infrastructure of fuel and energy enterprises is under constant threat from cybercriminals and requires constant qualified protection. Solutions to support it are also becoming more complex and require a higher level of training. Seeing the need for personnel, the UserGate Academy provides all possible assistance to educational institutions for their preparation. One of these projects is a classroom at Gubkin University. It is very important that specialists have not only deep theoretical knowledge in the field of information security, but also practical skills in working with domestic solutions, in particular UserGate NGFW, - said Margarita Zaytseva, director of the UserGate Academy.