Kaspersky Lab launched an updated grant program for young scientists on research projects implementation in the field of information security. The receipt of applications is already open. Now the program will be open not only for Russian investigators, but also for their counterparts from other CIS countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

All grant applicants will be asked to select one of the important problems of research in the areas of IT, such as the classification of malicious and potentially unwanted programs, methods of detection and analysis of cyber threats, information security in an enterprise environment, content analysis, security of mobile devices.

The authors of the top five ideas, according to the opinion of the jury, will be able to implement their ideas with the support of the Lab. For these purposes the company will provide each winner with 100 thousand rubles.