JPCERT/CC Profiles Azerbaijan’s CSIRTs and Cybersecurity Workforce

Summary

A JPCERT/CC visit to Azerbaijan profiled three CSIRTs, a national cybersecurity training center, and an industry association, highlighting incident response, information sharing, workforce development, and international cooperation.

Key points

• Azerbaijan has three CSIRTs serving national, government, and research and education networks: CERT.AZ, CERT.GOV.AZ, and AzScienceCERT.
• CERT.AZ supports incident response, threat intelligence analysis, security awareness, and domestic and international information sharing.
• CERT.GOV.AZ monitors government systems around the clock and has dedicated digital forensics and malware analysis teams.
• AzScienceCERT provides information security risk management and incident response support to organizations using the national research and education network.
• The Azerbaijan Cybersecurity Center provides practical training; 480 people had completed its program, and 86% had entered cybersecurity work.
• The cybersecurity association AKTA connects around 60 organizations and experts, and highlighted weaker security adoption among small and medium-sized businesses.
• The organizations expressed interest in continued international collaboration and information sharing.

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