On November 7, the opening of the "Cybersecurity Laboratory" took place at the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU) on the occasion of Victory Day.
The opening ceremony was attended by Acting Rector of ASOIU, Associate Professor Vazeh Askarov, Member of Parliament Tahir Mirkishili, Vice-President of ANAS, Director-General of the Institute of Information Technology of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Professor Rasim Aliguliyev, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of "Prosol" company Babek Agayev, as well as the faculty of the university.
Acting Rector, Associate Professor Vazeh Askarov said that the opening of such an auditorium at the university on the eve of the Victory Holiday is of special importance. Noting that cybersecurity is an integral part of national security, Associate Professor Vazeh Askarov stated that despite the eternal victory of our army on the battlefield, the information war continues. Emphasizing that the university trains highly qualified specialists in the fields of information technology, computer science, and engineering, Associate Professor Vazeh Askarov noted that the opening of the "Cybersecurity Laboratory" will make an important contribution to the training of students studying in this direction.
Member of Parliament Tahir Mirkishili, Director-General of the Institute of Information Technology Rasim Aliguliyev, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of "Prosol" company Babek Agayev, in their speeches, emphasized that there is always a need for specialists trained by ASOIU for our state and people. It was noted that today's specialists should be trained in accordance with the requirements of the modern era, and special training is conducted in this direction at ASOIU.
At the end, the symbolic ribbon of the laboratory opening was cut, and the guests got acquainted with the conditions created for the students. After the opening ceremony, the participants of the event visited the Memorial Complex of 23 martyr alumni of ASOIU and the auditoriums named after them.
It should be noted that the laboratory offers favourable tools for students studying "Information Security" at the Faculty of Information Security and Management (FISAM) of the university to analyze various cyber-attacks, their defences, and certain cyber incidents.
The three-room laboratory is equipped with 30 computers and the necessary software. The rooms are divided into teams for the purpose of cybersecurity education. The laboratory software uses cybersecurity strategies and technologies for DLP (data loss prevention), implementation of high-level access and control, as well as SIEM ("Security Information and Event Management") systems that allow real-time monitoring and analysis of security incidents in the IT infrastructure.
SIEM systems are simulation software designed to help organizations detect, analyze, and respond to security threats such as cyber-attacks or unauthorized access attempts by collecting and analyzing data from various sources.
