The expert of RTSoft – Smart Grid is a member of the winning team of the CASE-IN championship

Muhammad Kurbanbayev, an expert from RTSoft – Smart Grid and a student of Kuzbass State Technical University, as part of the Kuzbass Express team, became the winner of the Electric Power Industry section of the XIV season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is supported by the Presidential Platform "Russia – the Land of Opportunities."

The participants proposed a comprehensive solution to protect energy facilities from modern cyber threats, demonstrating a high level of engineering training and effective cooperation between business and the university.

The Kuzbass Express team, which also included KuzSTU students Anastasia Ustyuzhanina, Alexey Alyamkin and Yaroslav Avdeev, became the absolute winner of the profile direction dedicated to solving urgent problems of the electric power industry. In addition to the main award, the team won in the special nominations "Breakthrough Solution" and "Best Video game".

As part of the final assignment prepared by PJSC ROSSETI, the participants had to develop a 330/110 kV substation protection system against modern cyber threats. The team presented a solution that provided a multi-level architecture for cyber protection of electric power facilities and included secure data exchange tools, hardware for storing cryptographic keys, information security event monitoring systems, as well as specialized mechanisms to counter phishing and DDoS attacks.

The success of the team in one of the largest engineering championships in the country was another confirmation of the effectiveness of the interaction between the educational community and high–tech business: RTSoft - Smart Grid is an industrial partner of KuzSTU in the field of scientific research and training of engineering personnel. The joint work is aimed at developing promising technologies for the electric power industry and industry, including the creation of an electric charging infrastructure, improving the reliability of power supply to mining enterprises, developing digital models of power systems, introducing electric energy storage systems and intelligent control algorithms.

The victory in the CASE-IN demonstrates the high level of training of young specialists and the practical importance of competencies formed at the junction of education, science and the real sector of the economy.

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