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Number of cyber threats to Azerbaijani state organizations up

ICT Materials 2 May 2018 17:06 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 2

By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend:

The number of queries from Azerbaijan’s state organizations relating to computer security rose by 36.4 percent to 236 in April 2018 as compared to March 2018, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) under the State Agency for Special Communications and Information Security of the Azerbaijani Special State Protection Service told Trend May 2.

In April 2018, 91.1 percent of total requests were reviewed and addressed, said CERT.

Eight reports were prepared by CERT and sent to the corresponding organizations.

According to CERT, two domains and five sub-domains were registered in the Azerbaijani segment of the internet in April.

This is while the total number of queries from Azerbaijan's state organizations relating to computer security grew 68.1 percent to 940 in January-April 2018 compared to the same period of last year.

In the reporting period, 89 percent of total requests were reviewed and addressed.

Moreover, 78 reports were prepared and sent to relevant organizations in the reporting period based on CERT information security audits.

According to CERT, nine domains and nine sub-domains were registered in the Azerbaijani segment of the internet in January-April 2018.

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