The teams that will participate in the selection stage of the Critical Infrastructure Defence Challenge (CIDC) 2025 have been determined

The list of teams approved to participate in the local selection stage of the region’s largest cybersecurity event, the Critical Infrastructure Defence Challenge (CIDC) 2025 has been officially confirmed. A total of 47 local teams, including representatives of government institutions, banks, critical infrastructure entities, providers and operators, as well as educational institutions, will participate in the selection stage. Competing to earn the opportunity to participate in the final stage of the Critical Infrastructure Defence Challenge, scheduled to take place on 9–10 October at the Baku Congress Center, the participating local teams are listed below:

• Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Azerbaijan – CyberDefence
• Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan – CyberPolice
• Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan – CYBRIT
• Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Azerbaijan – AgroSec
• Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic – TrojanRiders
• Special State Protection Service of Azerbaijan Republic – Iron Fist
• Penitentiary Service of the Justice Ministry of Azerbaijan – Boomerang
• Azerbaijan State Water Resources Agency – CyberSee
• The State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan – k3rnel.exe
• Innovation and Digital Development Agency – Digital Rangers
• State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Great Return
• Azerbaijan Republic State Customs Committee – 0 and 1
• Azerbaijan Airlines – SkyBreach
• Azerbaijan Railways – Agent.EXE
• Information Technologies and Data Management Center under the Economy Ministry of the Azerbaijan Republic – CyberX
• DOST Digital Innovations Center – CyberDOST
• Azerbaijan Cybersecurity Center – Dopamine
• National Depository Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan – MDM
• Digital Health Center – 0xDEAD
• Hajigabul District Executive Power– Sektor
• Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan – La Casa De CBAR
• "Kapital Bank" JSC – Bir Sec
• "Unibank" KB JSC – 0xUni0n
• "Expressbank" JSC – Xpr3ss1337
• Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC) – Secodex
• Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU) – AziiIT
• Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction – AXEN Force
• Baku Business University – SOFTHACKER
• French-Azerbaijani University (UFAZ) – 4nBr3LL4-UF4Z
• Mingachevir State University – RootRaiders
• Nakhchivan State University – NTLZ
• Institute of Information Technology of Azerbaijan – Soldiers
• Baku Higher Oil School – BHOSWARE
• "Azerishiq" JSC– Shimshek
• Tovuz Regional Medical Center – Turan-Tovuz
• "Azercell Telecom" LLC – Cybercell
• "Nakhchivan Telecom" LLC – Shadow Breakers
• "Azerconnect Group" – CyberConnect
• "AzInTelecom" LLC – RedBox
• SOCAR – UEIB
• "PASHA Technology" LLC – THIS IS THE WAY
• "PASHA Life Insurance" JSC – SecureByLife
• "Caspel" LLC – Caspel Warriors
• Deloitte – Kaktus22
• "Delta Telecom" LTD – NetGhosts
• "Faraon-1" LLC – Sudoers
• "Global Service Provider" LLC– CyberSharks

We wish all teams the best of success!

Detailed information about the event: https://cidc.gov.az/az