Trust and Resilience in the Black Sea Region Domain System: Strengthening IDN, DNS, and gTLD Security

“UA-ს რეგიონული სტრატეგიის მიმოხილვა – საქართველო 2026” იქნება სტრატეგიული პლატფორმა, რომელიც მიზნად ისახავს უნივერსალური მიღების (UA) ინიციატივების პროგრესის შეფასებას, მიმდინარე გამოწვევების იდენტიფიცირებას და საქართველოსა და შავი ზღვის რეგიონის პარტნიორი ქვეყნების დაინტერესებულ მხარეებს შორის სტრუქტურირებული დიალოგის ხელშეწყობას. სამეცნიერო კიბერ უსაფრთხოების ასოციაციამ (SCSA) და IDI-მ წარმატებით ჩაატარეს ტელეკომუნიკაციისა და უსაფრთხოების ოთხი საერთაშორისო კონფერენცია, სადაც აქტიურად განიხილებოდა ისეთი […]
Sergei Simonov is OSWE Certified Specialist
Sergei Simonov, Head of the Penetration Testing Department of the Scientific Cyber Security Association, has received the OSWE Specialist Certificate. OSWE is a certification under the Offsec umbrella, the testing process of which includes finding previously unknown complex vulnerabilities in web applications and fully automating their exploitation. Obtaining the relevant certificate is another proof of […]
Vice-President of SCSA, Prof. Vladimer Svanadze, attended EaP EDIH International COnference in Chișinău
Vice President of the Georgian Scientific Cybersecurity Association, Dr. Vladimer Svanadze, visited Chișinău to participate in the EaP EDIH International Conference. The two – day conference featured high-level discussions focused on digital innovation, regional cooperation, and technological transformation. Participants included representatives of Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) from the Eastern Partnership countries — Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, […]
Professor Maksim Iavich is a Speaker at the Plenary Session of the IEEE Conference
SCSA President and Caucasus Cyber Security Center Director, Professor Maksim Iavich is participating in the 5th IEEE International Conference on Smart Information Systems and Technologies – IEEE SIST 2025. Professor Iavich presented a paper at the plenary session titled “A New Method for Optimizing Post-Quantum Signatures”. The conference is taking place in Astana, Kazakhstan.
SCSA held a Hackaton in Georgia
On December 26, 2024, the Scientific Cyber Security Association, together with Caucasus University, hosted the largest and most ambitious hackathon in the region. More than 70 participants took part in it and demonstrated their hacking skills. The competition organized by SCSA brought together the best hackers and cybersecurity specialists in Georgia. In a highly competitive […]
Presentation of President of SCSA at III National Cybersecuruty Forum in Baku
National Cybersecurity Forum” in Baku on June 1, 2024. PANEL: “INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF CYBERSECURITY”. From Georgia, a senior cryptographer from the Scientific Cyber Security Association and a researcher from Caucasus University, Tamari Kuchukhidze, also attended the forum and actively participated in the discussions. The primary objective of the Forum is to facilitate […]
President Prof. Maksim Iavich delivered a speech at DefCamp
SCSA President Prof. Maksim Iavich delivered a speech at DefCamp. DefCamp is the largest and most important conference in the field of cyber security in Europe. Professor Iavich talked about the security of a post-quantum cryptography standard. The topic of his speech was: Is the Post-Quantum Standard “Kyber” broken? The conference was held in Cluj-Napoca, […]
Another success for SCSA Sunday school students
4 teams of Sunday school students of the Scientific Cyber Security Association took part in the International Olympiad of Information-Psychological Security. SCSA student teams were awarded the first and third places at the Olympiad. In particular, the team of Gary Manukov, Albert Faniani, and Elene Melia – Eyeless Phisher took the first place, and the […]
International Student-Internship at SCSA
8 master’s degree students from Al-Farabi Kazakhstan National University are completing their student internship at SCSA. During their 2-week visit, the students will attend a training class in the field of cybersecurity.
International Internship at SCSA
One more student completed her internship at SCSA. The third-year PhD Student of Information Security Systems at Satbayev University, Kazakhstan, Dana Amirkhanova, completed 2 weeks of internship in the field of cyber security. During her internship, Dana completed a training class in cyber security. The internship was implemented within the framework of cooperation with Satbayev […]
