BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 25. It became known this week that foreign ICT specialists will more likely be granted a temporary residence permit in Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
According to the bill, a resident of the technopark and specialists with experience in the field of information and communication technologies attracted to work in the country by this resident, are added to the list of foreigners and stateless persons who do not need to obtain a work permit. In accordance with this, it is planned to issue temporary residence permits to these persons on the territory of Azerbaijan.
It was also noted that there is a serious shortage of specialists in the field of ICT in Azerbaijan, in particular, in the fields of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. This problem is observed not only in Azerbaijan, but all over the world. Azerbaijan's goal is to train specialists in the ICT sector and to create competitive products.
In addition, it was noted that the threat of cyberattacks on the eve of the New Year's holidays is growing. The phishing scam may deceive people into visiting fake websites by promising favorable conditions, discounts, and gifts. On the eve of the holidays, both fake websites for real shops and non-existent stores appear on the network. One of the characteristic attributes of such resources is a counter indicating the time until the end of the "discount". Meanwhile, it is important to understand that it is very easy for scammers to make a phishing page.
Moreover, it became known this week that Azerbaijan's Aztelecom LLC has started providing broadband services via GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) technology in Slavyanka village of the Gadabay district. As a result, a total of 1,004 rural households were connected to broadband internet.
Within the framework of the 'Online Azerbaijan' project, the planned work is underway in other districts of the country to provide them with high-speed internet.