Secur\u2019IT Cup is Kaspersky\u2019s global competition that unites ambitious students from all over the world to work on fresh cybersecurity ideas, with the aim of helping to create a safer future. Participants have the chance to win $10,000 and benefit from competing alongside like-minded students to build an understanding of what it is like to work in the industry. This year students and young researchers with different academic backgrounds showcased their projects aimed at solving existing cybersecurity issues affecting the three most significant industries of the future: finance, automotive and machine learning. This included software and hardware solution prototypes, pieces of code, and a research-based policy, among others.<\/p>\n
The final round of the competition took place at Kaspersky Academy Partner\u2019s Summit, held in Lisbon, Portugal. Overall, 27 participants from Bahrain, Bangladesh, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, India, Iran, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain and Ukraine were named finalists, and 24 of them presented their projects to a jury consisting of Kaspersky and industry experts.<\/p>\n
The Sploit00n team, from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, won first place in the competition with their project \u201cMalwario\u201d, which is dedicated to an advanced AI-based system responsible for unknown malicious software detection with hardware acceleration.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the win, Eugene Antipin said: \u201cOur team is very happy to have taken part in such a cool event. A lot of teams had good projects and presentations. And on my opinion, such events are an excellent opportunity for young researchers to present their ideas to the jury, listen for critique and improve their projects! Also, I’d like to mention that Lisbon is a beautiful city, organization of the event was excellent and it was an honor for me to be on stage. Thanks everyone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Steven Furnell, Associate Dean and Professor of IT Security, the University of Plymouth and a member of the jury, added: \u201cThe presentations from the finalists were of an extremely high quality. They showed us a range of innovative ideas, with real potential to protect systems and combat future threats. I was impressed with both their technical achievements and the professional standard to which they implemented and explained their work. I am certain that many of them will have a great future in the field of cybersecurity, and I look forward to seeing how their projects move forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n