The International Information Cybersecurity Championship will be held within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2023. The online competition will be organized by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and PJSC Rostelecom. The competitions will be held based on the National Cyber Training Ground platform being created by RTK-Solar. Participants will work on international cooperation to fend off multiple waves of statewide attacks. 40 teams from different countries are invited to participate in the competition. The e-championship aims to coordinate anti-piracy efforts globally and develop the international community.
“Information security is at the forefront today, becoming a strategically important area for any state. In a rapidly changing world, it is important to establish interaction between specialists from different countries,” said Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. “The Cyber Championship, which will be held within the framework of SPIEF, is not only a competition, but also a major international platform for the demonstration of advanced national technologies, as well as for the sharing of experience. in the fight against large-scale attacks.”
During the Cyber Championship, participants will work with digital counterparts of companies. These are as close as possible to the real IT infrastructures that are deployed within the National Cyber Range. Competitors will have to repel cyberattacks, the scenarios of which have been developed by RTK-Solar experts, taking into account the experience gained in ensuring the protection of the largest Russian companies.
Cyber incident response teams (cyber incident response teams – CIRTs) of Russian and foreign backbone companies and organizations, employees of cyber incident response centers and representatives cyberattack malls are invited to participate. In addition, the organizers invite representatives of the national coordination centers (Computer Emergency Response Team – CERT). Each national CERT during the cyber championship will consolidate the information received from the teams of its country and will inform them of the detected incidents.
“Last year, our digital infrastructure came under powerful cyber pressure, Russian specialists repelled thousands of cyber attacks of varying strength. We understand that skills in the field of information security must be constantly honed, developed and improved. It is particularly important to do this within the framework of international cooperation, and the Cyber Championship, which will be held at SPIEF this year, is a useful practice,” said Alexander Shoitov, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia.
The International Cyber Championship will take place in two stages. The qualifying round will take place from May 29 to June 6. During it, the participants will act as information security specialists of the company, which is attacked by a group of hackers. The three teams with the most points for repelling and investigating attacks will advance to the final stage. It will be held from June 14 to 17 and will be demonstrated on the site of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The participants of the final score points both for the effective protection of their infrastructure and for the successful rivalry with other teams.
“The importance of a reliable and effective cyber defense system is constantly growing, along with the spread of digitalization in all areas of the economy and life. IT infrastructures typical of organizations in key industries, including financial, oil and gas, ICT and energy, as well as typical enterprise infrastructures have been created and are tested on the platform of the National Cyber Testing Ground,” Mikhail said. Oseevsky, chairman of Rostelecom. “Technical capabilities and experience gained in recent years by experts at the test site allow us to organize information security competitions not only on a Russian scale, but also on an international scale, increasing the stability of the critical information infrastructures of all interested countries.”
The event based on the National Cyber Testing Ground will be held for the second time as part of SPIEF. The first international cyber exercise took place in 2022. Representatives from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Vietnam took part. Participants in the cyber drill practiced how to counter highly professional hacker groups.
“Over the past year, we have gained valuable experience in combating real-world cyberattacks. Almost every organization in key industries with critical infrastructure and above has experienced a real cyber showdown. Hackers’ tactics and methods are improving: they are becoming faster, more secretive. The cost of a single attack can be estimated between $30 and $70,000, depending on the level of training and the technological base of the cybercriminals. More than 750 largest organizations of key industries are protected by Rostelecom-Solar, and the work of protecting their perimeters allowed us to study in detail the scenarios and mechanisms of intruders. Our specialists were able to implement the patterns of these attacks in the digital environment of the National Cyber Testing Ground, which today, without exaggeration, is ahead of existing analogues and is valuable not only for partners Russians, but also for foreign colleagues. . We invite participants to test themselves on “live” cases and we are sure that such training events will not only improve skills in the fight against pirate groups, but also constantly maintain a dialogue between information security specialists globally,” said Igor. Lyapunov, Rostelecom Senior Vice President for Information Security, CEO of Rostelecom-Solar.
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