Azerbaijan boosts efforts to fight cybercrime

Source: AzerNews

Azerbaijan's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) under the Special Communication and Information Security State Agency of the Special State Protection Service has joined the Computer Emergency Response Team of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-CERT), according to the CERT website.

The main goal of OIC-CERT is to create a platform for the member countries to research and develop joint initiatives and foster possible partnership on issues of cyber security.

OIC adopted the resolution on "Collaboration of Computer Emergency Response Team among the OIC member countries" in 2008.

Currently, the OIC-CERT member sates are Malaysia, Turkey, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Iran, Egypt, UAE, Libya, Morocco, Indonesia, Brunei, Syria, Oman, Jordan and Sudan.

Azerbaijan is taking important steps to address the cyber security issue. 2013 was declared the year of information and communication technologies in January.

Earlier it was reported that the Electronic Security Center of the Information and Communication Technologies Ministry will start operating in the near future. The main goal of the center is to protect users from online threats, malware cyber-attacks and other adversities.

The center intends to cooperate closely with manufacturers of hardware and software platforms to attract highly qualified cyber security specialists and to focus attention on further improvement of the professional skills of human resources in this field.