In order to develop and train cybersecurity specialists, international workshops and trainings are planned to be held as part of the 2nd International Cybersecurity Week, which will be organized in Azerbaijan on March 2-6.

On March 3, a workshop on Pentesting will be held for cybersecurity specialists working in the public and banking sectors. The workshop will be jointly organized by the ICT Applying and Training Center (ICT LAB) of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies and company IS3S.  The workshop will be held by a famous Russian specialist and researcher in cybersecurity Yuri Kurkin, who will present the types, methods and technological solutions of the pentest.

The next event to be organized by the ICT Applying and Training Center is the international cybersecurity certification workshop, which will be held on March 5. The purpose of the event is to inform participants about the possibilities of international certification of cybersecurity professionals. At the same time, large presentations will be held on the international certificate based on the standard Ethical Hacker, ISO / IEC 27001: 2015 and the international certification CompTIA Security + and ways to obtain them.
The continuation of the international certification workshop on cybersecurity will be an international certification training based on standard ISO / IEC 27001: 2015 – “Requirements for an information security management system”, which will be held on March 10-14, and CompTIA Security + – international certification training on the basics of information security, which will begin on March 10 and last  2 months.

In addition to participating in the training, participants will have the opportunity to successfully pass international exams and receive international certificates.
The trainings will be organized with a view to strengthening the human resources of our country in the field of cybersecurity, as well as providing government bodies, institutions, enterprises and organizations with internationally certified specialists and increasing the level of cybersecurity.

More detailed information about workshops and trainings can be found at www.cyberweek.az and www.iktlab.az.