Comparative Analysis of the Methods of Training Information Security Specialists in the Republic of Belarus and in the Republic of Azerbaijan

The article presents the results of studies that were related to the implementation of a comparative analysis of methods for training information security specialists in the ï¬ eld of information technology in the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Azerbaijan (on the example of the methods used in the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics and at the Azerbaijan Technical University). In the course of study, the method, developed by the authors, was used. The method is based on the analysis of the curricula used in the indicated higher educational institutions for the specialties related to the information security, and on the obtaining the following indicators according to the results of this analysis: the total number of classroom hours allocated in each of the courses for studying academic disciplines related to information technology in general and information security in particular; an indicator that characterizes the share of classroom hours allocated for practical and laboratory work in academic subjects related to information technology in general and information security in particular, from the total number of classroom hours allocated for the studying of these subjects. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that there is a high degree of similarity in the approaches used in the framework of the methods for training specialists in information security at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics and at the Azerbaijan Technical University. This makes it expedient to organize joint training of such specialists for the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Azerbaijan.