II Republican Scientific and Practical Conference on Information Security

Baku hosts II Republican scientific-practical conference on information security.

He told journalists the Minister of Communications and High Technologies of AR Ali Abbasov, the annual increase in the number of cyber attacks on information systems of the country is 30%, and 90% of them are carried out abroad.

Weekly initiated about 2 thousand. Personal computers and tablet users - said Abbasov. "The results of the ongoing monitoring indicate that a quarter of the country's end-user devices are subject to risks. With the increasing danger to critical information infrastructure (electricity grid, finance, communications, water, defense, and so forth.), Information security is a priority for the state, "- the minister said.

The internal policy of the country is mainly aimed at enhancing regulatory functions and providing institutional development and compliance with international standards. In this direction, in state institutions, particularly in the security and law enforcement bodies of the republic, there is a principle of shared responsibility. "Government policy is to ensure that on the one hand, there will be secure environment, on the other hand special attention will be given to research in the field of cyber security and the construction and use of systems. The authority to conduct basic scientific and technological research and the creation of real technological security systems belongs to the National Academy of Sciences, in the structural units that are underway in this direction," said Abbasov. --17D-