Innopolis University offers Indian partners cybersecurity cooperation

The Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan held a cybersecurity session at the second Russian-Indian TIME business forum. Innopolis University proposed cooperation to Indian colleagues and presented its Inno Cyber Range, a virtual environment where organisations can recreate their infrastructure and run cyber exercises. Deputy Security Director Mikhail Bolshakov said specialists learn to detect attacks, investigate incidents and protect systems there.

The university proposed joint exercises with Indian partners simulating cyberattacks on banking and digital services, along with industry-specific scenarios, specialist training and analysis of results. It also suggested deploying the range at Indian universities for practical student training.

Rifnur Kamalov, deputy director for IT infrastructure of the IT Park, said the park operates its own data centre providing cloud services. He reported that the park's systems have recorded more than 2,000 targeted cyberattacks. Kamalov noted that artificial intelligence makes attacks easier and speeds up vulnerability searches, urging companies to focus on access control, cloud protection and backups.