Positive Hack Days 2025 in Moscow has facilitated a significant agreement between Indonesia and a leading Russian cybersecurity firm.
According to Yulia Danchina, Global Educational Director at Positive Technologies, BRICS nations consider Russian cybersecurity experts to be the best.
Positive Technologies (PT), Russia’s foremost information security company, hosted Positive Hack Days 2025, a major cybersecurity festival in Moscow. The event, running from May 22-24, drew delegations from over 40 countries across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Danchina highlighted the festival’s role in sharing the company’s educational and practical knowledge, particularly with BRICS members.
International delegates expressed confidence that “Russian experts are the best in protecting the infrastructure of companies and organizations,” Danchina stated. “This is confirmed by the deals and the level of discussions that we are seeing here today.”
Indonesia, a BRICS member, has already signed a cybersecurity cooperation agreement with PT at the event.
Yudi Darma, a senior official from Indonesia’s Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry, mentioned his office’s interest in PT’s modules, simulators, and teaching laboratories currently in development.
“Positive Technology also has the capacity to produce a certification that can provide proof of the competence in cybersecurity,” Darma added.
Baiq Hana Susanti, an AI education expert at Sakuranesia Society Foundation Indonesia, suggested that collaboration with the Russian information security company could offer valuable guidance, especially as Indonesia integrates AI into its new educational curriculum.
Brazil, another BRICS member, has also shown interest in the cybersecurity firm’s expertise.
Brazilian lawmaker Jose Jacovos told RT on Saturday that PT offers significantly more affordable cybersecurity solutions compared to other global leaders.
“The solutions presented here in Russia… are much more affordable for smaller cities with lower capacity for tax collection in Brazil,” he said, adding that Russia is “very advanced, light-years ahead of many countries.”
Earlier this month, the Russian and Brazilian energy and science ministries signed bilateral agreements to enhance cooperation in their respective fields.
Brazil co-founded BRICS with Russia, India, and China in 2009. South Africa joined the economic bloc two years later. Indonesia, along with Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the UAE, joined last year.
According to IMF data, the bloc accounted for 40% of the world’s economy in Purchasing Power Parity terms last year. The 11 BRICS nations represent over two-fifths of the global population.
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