BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 4. The National
Cybersecurity Agency, as the successor to the Electronic Security
Service, will continue to build on the expertise, capabilities, and
institutional capacity developed in this field, Deputy Minister of
Digital Development and Transport, Sameddin Asadov, said, Trend reports.
He made the remarks at the official opening ceremony of the “4th
National Cybersecurity Forum” held in Baku.
Asadov added that the agency faces such important tasks as
regulating and monitoring cybersecurity, ensuring the resilience of
information infrastructure, strengthening coordination mechanisms,
and organizing nationwide awareness campaigns about potential cyber
threats
Sameddin Asadov added that the results achieved through the
activities of the Electronic Security Service will be continued by
the National Cybersecurity Agency.
The Deputy Minister noted that cyberattacks are no longer aimed
at individual information systems, but at entire infrastructures,
economic processes, and social stability. This is precisely why
cybersecurity has become one of the strategic priorities
worldwide.
The official emphasized that in recent years, Azerbaijan has
taken important steps to improve the legal framework in the field
of information security and cybersecurity, expand institutional
capacity, and train qualified personnel.
Asadov noted that a new important step has been taken in the
country’s cybersecurity sector. President Ilham Aliyev issued a
decree establishing the National Cybersecurity Agency based on the
Electronic Security Service, which operates under the Ministry of
Digital Development and Transport:
