At Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs, a competition was held between higher education institutions in the thematic game “Cyber-Elios” with an OSINT module. The event was organized by the Department of Information Technologies of DSUIA.
Teams from Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs, Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs, and Lviv State University of Internal Affairs participated in the game. Each team consisted of five cadets who worked under the guidance of the academic staff of the respective departments.
As observers, students of the Dnipro Lyceum of Security Orientation and National-Patriotic Education of the MVS named after O. Hostishchev joined the event.
The game was provided to the universities in 2024 after professional training of instructors under the program of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the OSCE “Enhancing the Capabilities of National Partners to Strengthen Cyber Resilience.” In 2025, DSUIA cadets, under the guidance of Professor of the Department of Information Technologies Eduard Ryzhkov, developed an additional module on OSINT topics within the study of the discipline “Information Search from Open Sources (OSINT) by Criminal Police Officers.”
The competition was held in an online format on the Zoom platform. Based on the results of the intense game, the places were distributed as follows:
1st place – DSUIA team;
2nd place – DonSUIA team;
3rd place – LvivSUIA team.
The game confirmed the high level of training of DSUIA cadets in the field of information technologies and their ability to apply modern methods of cyber hygiene and OSINT in practical activities.
The event was conducted in compliance with all security requirements.
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