Information security is a scientific field focused on ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of information processed in information systems, as well as on countering cyberattacks.

The program «Ensuring Information Security in Information Systems» includes:

• familiarization with information security methodology and terminology used in this field;
• studying the architecture of information networks and systems and the principles of their operation;
• gaining practical skills in analyzing traffic in information networks;
• studying various types of cyberattacks and methods and tools for countering them;
• studying software and hardware tools for information protection and gaining practical skills in their configuration.

The program «Ensuring Information Security in IoT Systems» includes:

• formation of ideas about the current state of software and hardware tools for information security (including in IoT systems), their development prospects, and their role in modern society;
• studying the process of configuring network equipment, boards, microcontrollers, and sensors for various purposes, as well as their application for solving various tasks in the field of information security and the Internet of Things;
• familiarization with current means of cryptographic protection of IoT information and study of means for creating and/or calculating a secret data encryption key relevant for IoT systems;
• development of practical skills and abilities to apply methods and tools for countering information security threats in IoT systems.

Curators of the program:

Belousova Elena Sergeevna – Associate Professor of the Department of Information Security at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor;

Petrov Sergey Nikolaevich – Associate Professor of the Department of Information Security at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor;

Timofeev Alexander Mikhailovich – Associate Professor of the Department of Information Security of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor;

Boyprav Olga Vladimirovna – Head of the Department of Information Security at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor;

Mal’tsev Viktor Leonidovich – Head of the Information Security Laboratory of the National Children’s Technopark Educational Institution.

The programs are implemented with the assistance of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.

Digital systems information security is a field of knowledge that combines information about modern cyber threats, data protection methods, network technologies, and the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

The Information Security of Digital Systems program includes:

• study of modern types of cyber threats, basic methods
  and means of countering them, as well as ethical and legal aspects of information security, including the protection of personal data;
• formation of practical and research competencies
  in the field of protection of computer and IoT networks, web applications, and digital devices;
• mastering the principles of building secure networks, the basics of cryptographic data protection, digital forensics
  databases, and incident analysis;
• acquiring skills in working with hardware (Arduino, ESP, Raspberry Pi), analyzing vulnerabilities, and simulating attacks;
• development of independence, critical thinking, and the ability to perform and present individual and team research projects;
• designing and implementing proprietary technical solutions for protecting digital systems.

Curators of the program:

Khmarsky Petr Aleksandrovich – Leading Researcher of the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Applied Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor;

Yantsevich Mikhail Aleksandrovich – Associate Professor of the Department of Information and Computing Systems at the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus, Candidate of Technical Sciences;

Chigir Ivan Viktorovich – Head of the Department of Automation, Radar Detection, and Transmitting Devices at the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus;

Tsuprik Sergey Viktorovich – Associate Professor of the Department of Automation, Radar and Transmit-Receiving Devices of the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus, Candidate of Technical Sciences.

The program is implemented with the assistance of Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus, Institute of Applied Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.