The Cybersecurity Competence Center (hereinafter referred to as the Center) trains highly qualified specialists in the field of information security, functional security of CII facilities, and the design of cyber-physical information security systems. The center has a modern educational and material base, including lectures and classrooms, computer labs, laboratories equipped with modern equipment from leading manufacturers: IBM, Positive Technologies, Infotecs, Samsung and others. Some of the laboratory facilities are unique in their research tasks. In the near future, the opening of the Information Security Training Grounds. The Center has a computing cluster that allows virtualizing educational environments, as well as all the resources for students to carry out complex resource-intensive calculations and experiments in the field of information security. After graduating from the master's program and preparing a scientific research, there is the possibility of postgraduate study and defense in the specialty 05.13.19 "Methods and systems for information security, information security."

The main industrial partners of the Cybersecurity Competence Center are Sberbank of Russia PJSC, Gazprom PJSC, Secret Service LLC, EVRAAS-EDC LLC, Doctor Web LLC. A specialist with a master's degree gains additional points in the employer's perspective. A graduate who has studied the required module agreed with the vendor also has certain advantages. The center is actively working with the Huawei company.