Analysis of IT Infrastructure Safety of Higher Educational Institutions with HSE as an Example

Recently the subject of information security becomes more and more critical, both for the large developer companies, and for ordinary people. The Internet became a part of our life long ago, and we trust it the huge information volume which, at hit in the malefactor's hands, can cause extensive damage as personally to the person, the published this information, and to the people surrounding it. The universities in the context of information security act as firms: they also collect data on the students, store them, sign with them agreements on commercial training. For quality check of information security resort to external audit. Following the results of this check of safety specialists prepare the special report in which all found vulnerabilities are stated what they can lead to and as it is possible to be protected from them. The analysis of safety is crucial for any large company. Higher School of Economics National Research University – the largest Russian university therefore it should be advanced not only in respect of training, but also in respect of safety as the resources, and in respect of safety of user data. As the main sources of information in work numerous articles of independent specialists in information security, specialists of the largest companies specializing in carrying out information security audits, the Largest international organizations which are engaged in classification of vulnerabilities and creation of the software for work with them were used. Theoretical base of this research are educational and reference books on subjects of information security, carrying out audits and defensive programming. The main definitions and rules of carrying out audit will be guided by normative documents of the Russian Federation, news articles and other Internet resources.