A major international event, the Non-Stop University CRYPTO cryptography Olympiad, was successfully held from October 12th to 20th.

This year, the Olympiad was held for the twelfth time and again saw the largest number of participants. Over 1,300 registrations were recorded for both rounds from 35 countries: Russia, India, Vietnam, China, Belarus, Belgium, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Turkmenistan, the USA, the UK, Pakistan, Turkey, Australia, Bangladesh, Spain, Sweden, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, Moldova, Indonesia, Palestine, France, Hungary, Germany, South Korea, Finland, and Luxembourg.

"Our participants come from every inhabited continent: Eurasia, America, Africa, and Australia! Their numbers are growing every year, as is interest in the event. Participants were presented with 15 diverse problems. Their topics ranged widely: from historical ciphers to cryptographic protocols, cryptanalysis and reverse engineering, quantum security, lattice cryptosystems, and cryptocurrencies. Interestingly, the first solution to the Olympiad problem was submitted just eight minutes after the start of the first round. In total, we received over two thousand solutions, which we will now thoroughly examine," comments Natalia Tokareva, Chair of the Olympiad Program Committee and Associate Professor at NSU.

The Non-Stop University CRYPTO Olympiad is the only international cryptography competition. It brings together schoolchildren, students, and professionals from all over the world. Anyone can participate, regardless of geographic location. The official language of the Olympiad is English. The goal of the Olympiad is to engage young researchers in solving problems in modern cryptography.

The organizers and partners of the Olympiad are Cryptographic Center (Novosibirsk), National Technological Center for Digital Cryptography, Novosibirsk State University, Kryptonit, Aktiv, University of Leuven (Belgium), Southern Federal University, Infotecs, Sofia Kovalevskaya North-West Center for Mathematical Research, Belarusian State University, Tomsk State University, and Nsucrypto-Lab.

The official results of the Olympiad will be announced in November 2025.

The twelfth International Cryptography Olympiad, Non-Stop University CRYPTO-2025, will be held from October 12th to 20th. This is the largest event in the field of cryptography and information security, traditionally attracting significant attention from the professional community.

Students, professionals, and school students from all over the world can challenge themselves to solve game-based problems and complex scientific problems in modern cryptography. More than 1,000 people from at least 45 countries participate in the Olympiad annually. The Olympiad is held in English and consists of two independent remote rounds: the individual round on October 12 and the team round from October 13 to 20. Registration is now open on the Olympiad website: nsucrypto.nsu.ru/.

NSUCRYPTO is the only international cryptography olympiad that includes both academic problems and unsolved scientific problems. The goal of the olympiad is to engage young researchers in modern cryptography. Following each olympiad, scientific papers are published analyzing the problems posed to participants, including unsolved ones that require separate scientific research. Winners are awarded prizes.

International Conference "Computer Security and Cryptography" named after G. P. Agibalov was successfully held from September 8 to 13 in Irkutsk at the Matrosov Institute of System Dynamics and Control Theory of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

More than 100 specialists and students from Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don, Veliky Novgorod, Innopolis, Irkutsk, and other cities took part in the conference.

Faculty and students presented panel presentations on computer security, the mathematical foundations of computer science, and applied discrete mathematics. Participants also spent a wonderful evening by the bonfire on the banks of the Angara River, collaborated on a warm creative evening, and enjoyed an unforgettable excursion to Lake Baikal, including a visit to the Taltsy Museum-Reserve.

"I'd especially like to highlight the lecture by A.M. Koreneva, S.P. Panasenko, and G.V. Firsov (Moscow) titled 'Post-quantum symmetric cryptography based on block ciphers: existing solutions and current research directions. It was extremely relevant and very memorable for all the listeners, especially our team from Novosibirsk, as we conduct research in this area," said Natalia Tokareva, Chair of the SIBECRYPT Organizing Committee and Associate Professor at NSU.

Twelve faculty and students from NSU participated in the conference, presenting plenary and sectional papers on cryptographic protocols and cryptographic Boolean functions. The high level of work by the Novosibirsk group deserves special mention.

SIBECRYPT is one of the leading conferences on cryptography and computer security in Russia, held annually in various cities across Siberia. Its goal is to discuss fundamental mathematical problems of cryptography and information security in computer systems and networks, and to exchange scientific results on the development of theoretical foundations and the creation of hardware and software for computer security.

This year, the conference was held in Irkutsk with the support of Mathematical Center in Akademgorodok, Tomsk State University, and Sofia Kovalevskaya North-West Center for Mathematical Research. Organizers and partners also included Matrosov Institute of System Dynamics and Control Theory of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Cryptography, Communications, and Informatics of the Federal Security Service Academy, Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Special Technology Center.

A record number of undergraduate, graduate, and school students participated in the summer school "Cryptography and Information Security," which took place from July 7 to 21 at the Boiling Point — St. Petersburg, GUAP.

For over two weeks, "Boiling Point - St. Petersburg. GUAP" was truly in full swing, despite the midsummer season. Participants of the "Cryptography and Information Security" summer school were working in each hall. This traditional event, organized by the Cryptographic Center (Novosibirsk) and the International Mathematical Center in Akademgorodok, was hosted this year by GUAP. The summer school was held for the seventh time. The school's director is Natalia Tokareva, Associate Professor of the Department of Theoretical Cybernetics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mathematics and Director of the Cryptographic Center (Novosibirsk). Larisa Nikolaeva, Vice Rector for Educational Work and Youth Policy, and the GUAP team were responsible for organizing this large-scale event.

This year's summer school brought together over 35 faculty members and over 165 undergraduate, graduate, and school students from 35 Russian cities. Participants hailed from Tver, Novosibirsk, Voronezh, Khanty-Mansiysk, Sevastopol, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ufa, Rostov-on-Don, Tyumen, Kaliningrad, and other cities across the country.

From July 7 to 21, St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation is hosting the summer school "Cryptography and Information Security". This traditional event is organized by Cryptographic Center (Novosibirsk) and Mathematical Center in Akademgorodok.

Over 200 faculty, undergraduate, graduate, and school students from 35 Russian cities participate in a summer school dedicated to modern cryptography and information security. Participants look forward to 15 days of work and engaging networking at GUAP's Boiling Point: 40 hour-long lectures from leading experts in science and business, unique offers from event partners, tours of St. Petersburg and key city enterprises, training sessions, and sports games. The school schedule is available at https://www.summercrypto.ru.