BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 18
By Nargiz Ismayilova - Trend:
Electronic Security Service under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan has ensured introducing various services of Shadowserver and Microsoft companies, as well as of Anti-Phishing Working Group, FIRST, Team Cymru, OpenPhish Team and Trusted Introducer international organizations, in the country, the ministry told Trend.
Moreover, cooperation with Facebook, Youtube, Apple and Google was expanded to prevent cyber security incidents, said the ministry.
"Through direct appeal to the Facebook team, the ‘Ghosty’ application, which caused great concern among Instagram users in our country and abroad, and violated user privacy rights and Instagram privacy rules, was removed from the Google Play Store and App Store," the ministry noted.
The national Electronic Security Center was established pursuant to the 5th part of Azerbaijani president’s decree No 708, dated September 26, 2012. By the decree of the Azerbaijani president’s on additional measures to improve management in transport, communications and high technologies field, dated January 12, 2018, the center was included in the structure of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies as the Electronic Security Service (ESS).
ESS is a coordinating state authority, which provides coordination of the activity of the entities of information infrastructure, awareness about existing e-dangers (and which can be arisen) on a country level, education of population, private entities and other organizations in the field of cyber security and also provides methodical assistance.
---
Follow the author on Twitter: @IsmailovaNargis
