Solar appScreener is introduced into the educational process of Astrakhan State University

2024: Solar appScreener Rollout

Solar appScreener has been introduced into the educational process of V.N. Tatishchev Astrakhan State University. Solar announced this on February 9, 2024.

Now students of the university in practice will be able to consolidate the knowledge gained to identify typical application vulnerabilities and undeclared capabilities.

Solar appScreener is used both to check the code written by university students during laboratory classes, and for specially developed programs with vulnerabilities embedded in them. Undergraduate students check, as a rule, desktop Windows applications and web applications with a scanner. Undergraduates and graduate students - mobile and server applications.

Attacks implemented through vulnerabilities in applications remain at the top of the most common threats, causing enormous financial and reputational damage. Attackers deliberately leave vulnerabilities and backdoors in open libraries, inject malicious code into Open source components. An integrated approach to checking applications for vulnerabilities and undeclared capabilities helps to effectively counter them. We are glad that our product is used not only in combat conditions, but also in the training of future cybersecurity specialists, "said Anton Prokofiev, an expert on security control of Solar appScreen software at Solar Group.

The use of Solar appScreener in the educational process has allowed our students to take a different look at the safety of applications developed by them during practical classes and gain new competencies that are so in demand in the labor market. Safety and development must go hand in hand to achieve the highest quality outcome. The multifunctionality of this scanner has made Solar appScreen a favorite tool for students and teachers of our university, "said Dean of the Faculty of Digital Technologies and Cybersecurity, Doctor of Technical Sciences, prof. Iskandar Azhmukhamedov.

Previously, students have already used free vulnerability scanners when investigating their web applications, but during the use of Solar appScreen, they noted the effectiveness of the scanner compared to similar tools. They emphasize a convenient single interface that combines various methods of code analysis and allows you to clearly compare results.

University teachers note that the application of the solution certainly has a positive effect on the level of competence of future specialists - students regularly check their applications, so taking into account safety requirements during the development process gradually became a habit for them.