Rapid development of informational technologies, complication of software becomes dangerous for confidential and personal information, makes it vulnerable.

    The biggest danger is emerging of complicated and cunning computer viruses that year by year keep trying to set up to new living conditions.

    Undesirable or unsanctioned wide-spreading, changing, distortion or deleting of important information - all of that viruses can do. That is why any information is the resource worth protecting.

    The main cause of data losses is absence of due antiviral security education. Only deep theoretical knowledge, together with practical skills, can cease incidents and mistakes, provide effective protection of information.

    Ukrainian Antiviral Center created the program for computer antiviral security specialist's education and certification.

    Certification is a complex of measures aimed at increasing professional competence of an antiviral security specialist. Certificate is the official confirmation of the specialist's antiviral security skills and knowledge enabling him/her of effective usage of antiviral software created by The Ukrainian Antiviral Center.

    Passing certification is needed to acquire the universally recognized confirmation of high qualification. The certificates verify level of knowledge and training of a specialist for any organization. In the course of the time the certificates will become a certain quality sign for the specialists in the computer area. Perhaps, personnel services recruiting employees will consider such qualification certificates granted by hardware production companies as important as higher education graduation diplomas.

    The Specialist Certificate is the index of specialist's knowledge and experience, which enable personnel of an enterprise of putting maximum into work and, thus, making such enterprise more competitive and technically advanced.