The 1st International Information Security Workshop Conlcuded its Work
The
1st International Information Security Workshop was hold by Qafqaz
Universtiy, BM Technologies, BitDefender, Lancelot Institute and IEEE
Computer Society Azerbaijan Chapter in 19-20 June 2012, at Qafqaz
University. In the opening speech Assoc. Prof. Abzetdin Adamov (chairman
of the committee) mentioned about dramatic influence of digital
infrastucture to our daily lives and how it is important to be able to
protect vital information and infrastructure, which became a complex
challenge that has legal, business, political and technical
ramification. In the welcome speech rector of Qafqaz university Prof.
Dr. Ahmet Sanic and director of BM Technologies Elchin Zeynalov
mentioned importance of information security in the cyber space. The
main purpose of the workshop is to share knowledge gathered within the
many years with the local and international participants. There were
more than 130 participants from 40 different s private and public
companies.
Internationally well known speakers - Tina Amper (Lancelot Institute), Ligia Adam və Catalin Cosoi (BitDefender) covered following chapter during the workshop:
Internationally well known speakers - Tina Amper (Lancelot Institute), Ligia Adam və Catalin Cosoi (BitDefender) covered following chapter during the workshop:
• Introduction to Information Security
• SecurityThreats and Vulnerabilities
• Overview of Mobile Applications Security
• Introduction to Web Application Security Solutions and Best Practices
• Information Security in Cloud Computing
• SecurityThreats and Vulnerabilities
• Overview of Mobile Applications Security
• Introduction to Web Application Security Solutions and Best Practices
• Information Security in Cloud Computing
One
of the local organizer BM Technologies has several successful projects
on information security. It is the only local partner of International
Antivirus Program BitDefender in Azerbaijan. Furthermore BM
Technologies launched first antivirus in local language called
B.A.K.U. For the convenience of end-users this application has been
developed to support three language interfaces: Azeri, Russian and
English.
Qafqaz
University also has deep interest in increasing of the public cyber
security awareness and in fostering information security related
research. Qafqaz University has become a active member of International
Information Security Research Consortium (IISRC). It is also intended
to include a new session on Information Security into the program of
upcoming AICT2012 International Conference (www.aict.info/2012) will be held this by Qafqaz University in Tbilisi, Georgia October 17-19.
