Cyber threats to state agencies of Azerbaijan down by 28%

In January-April of this year, the State Service of Special Communication and Information Security (SSSCIS) identified 315 cyber attack indicators (IOC) against state agencies.

According to Report’s calculations based on the data by SSSCIS, this is 28% less than a year ago.

168 cyber threats were identified and blocked based on an internal investigation, and 147 on the basis of investigation of incidents received from government agencies.

During the reporting period, 322,245,000 malicious links were blocked on the AzStateNet network, 1,584,700 malicious electronic documents were blocked through the central antivirus system installed on end users, and 99,608 malicious electronic documents were blocked through the Sandbox protection system.