Institute of cyber security and data protection (IKB)

History

2020: Beginning of work of institute

On July 3, 2020 the Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) announced Institute of cyber security and data protection (IKB) start.

New organization will be engaged in developments of technologies of protection in the distributed automatic bank environments, the industry, systems for pilotless vehicles, IT environments of remote and digital medicine, etc. Besides, IKB is going to carry out joint scientific and technical projects with representatives of business and industry, TASS with reference to the press service of SPbPU reports.

In St. Petersburg at Polytechnic University the institute of cyber security opened

It is noted that at institute the innovation praktiko-focused approach to training will be used. Unique educational techniques will promote receiving and fixing of practical skills on data protection, consider in university.

The institute was headed by Dmitry Petrovich Zegzhda, the Doctor of Engineering, professor of RAS, the winner of an award  of the Government of Saint Petersburg  in the field of education and an award of the Government of the Russian Federation in science and technology. According to him, opening of new educational programs for cyberpsychology, cyberstability of digital production, creation of programs of specialized advanced training for a pentesting is planned.

SPbPU hopes that graduates of Institute of cyber security and data protection will be demanded by the advanced Russian and foreign companies which are actively implementing digital technologies and implementing policy of anticipatory information security support of own infrastructure. Joint scientific and technical projects of Institute with representatives of business and industry will allow students to receive unique skills of work with adjacent data domains at a grade level, are sure of university.^[1]

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