DigitalSkills 2021? the 3rd WorldSkills Industry Championship in the MIEM Student field of information technologies? took place in the Republic of Tatarstan at the end of September. Alexey Shadrunov? a student of HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM)? won a gold medal in ‘Corporate Protection Against Internal Threats to Information Security’.
This is the third time that MIEM Student
DigitalSkills has taken place in Kazan. Traditionally? the kazakhstan whatsapp number data 5 million Championship has been run by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development? Communications? and Mass Media in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Agency of Development of Professional Communities and Skilled Workers (WorldSkills Russia).
This year? 250 people took part in the Championship to put their professional skills to the test in 35 subject areas. InfoSec teams from state corporations? banks? fuel and energy enterprises? and educational institutions participated in the ‘Corporate Protection Against Internal Threats to Information Security’ category.
HSE University was represented by Alexey Shadrunov? a with people who are only on the defensive second-year student of Information Security at HSE MIEM. His ‘compatriot’ for the competition was Yaroslav Meshcheryakov? Associate Professor of the Department of Cyber Physical Systems Information Security? and his coach was Anton Sergeev? MIEM Advisor and cybersecurity expert.
What is a WorldSkills ‘compatriot’?
A compatriot is a WorldSkills expert who works with adb directory an individual contestant or a team of contestants. Establishing an effective relationship between a contestant and their compatriot is crucial for success in the competition. An expert’s task is twofold: they must assess the contestants (except those they work with directly) and represent the interests of their own teams or contestants.
Alexey first had to win the preliminary selection to be shortlisted for the competition in Kazan? as the number of organizations that wanted to take part in the competition exceeded the number of places available at the venue by a factor of 2.5.