Quarterly journal is edited by Dr. Peter Zegzhda and published by St. Petersburg State Polytecnical University.

The Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Our journal is published since 1999 by St. Petersburg State Polytecnical University.

Journal is printed with 4 issues per year. The subscription index in “Rospechat” catalog is 18237.

Our journal is included into “The Index of Leading Reviewed Scientific Journals and Prints, Published in Russian Federation, for Obligatory Publication of Doctor and PhD Scientific Results” (necessary for scientific degree aprovement).

Articles published in our journal review theoretical and practical methods of information security, and among them there are theory of security, applications of computer security, modern security issues and solutions in information and communication systems, network security, cryptography methods, data protection, security perspectives and analysis.

Publications in the journal cover the following main topics:

• theory of cyber security;
• methods and means for keeping cyber security;
• trusted operating systems;
• security of distributed systems and communication systems,
• practical issues of cryptography;
• theoretical basis of cyber security confrontation;
• security providing hardware and middleware;
• analysis of current situation in cyber security;
• tendencies, prognoses and future of computer security;
• studying and re-studying of IT security specialists.