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Attacks on information systems of Azerbaijani state agencies decrease

ICT Materials 6 September 2018 18:29 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 6

By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend:

In August 2018, the number of requests from Azerbaijani state agencies related to computer security decreased by 11.4 percent compared to July and amounted to 217, the Computer Security Emergency Response Team (CERT) under the Special Communication and Information Security State Agency of Special State Protection Service of Azerbaijan told Trend Sept. 6.

In August, 91.2 percent of the total number of requests received by CERT were reviewed and dealt with. On the basis of the audit of information security, 11 reports were prepared by CERT and sent to the relevant structures.

According to CERT, one sub-domain was registered in the Azerbaijani internet segment last month.

The total number of requests related to computer security amounted to 2,000 as of January-August 2018, which is 54.8 percent more than in the same period of 2017.

In January-August, 88.8 percent of the total number of requests were considered and dealt with.

During the reporting period, 101 reports were prepared and sent to the relevant structures on the basis of the completed audit of the information security.

In January-August, 19 domains and 18 subdomains were registered in the Azerbaijani segment of the internet, which are usually used by organizations to create unique site names for their departments or services.

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