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Finalists Announced for the "Cyberwarfare in Smart Cities" Competition

The selection stage of the "Cyberwarfare in Smart Cities" competition, held within the framework of "CIDC-2025" (Critical Infrastructure Defence Challenge), scheduled for October 9–10, 2025, has been successfully completed.

A total of 47 teams representing government institutions, banks, critical infrastructure entities, providers and operators, as well as educational institutions, took part in the online stage of the competition. The online qualification round was held on September 12 of the current year, running from 09:00 to 18:00.

Based on the results achieved during the qualification round, the teams that demonstrated the highest performance and advanced to the final stage are listed below:

  1. State Customs Committee – 0 and 1

  2. Kapital Bank OJSC – Bir Sec

  3. Innovation and Digital Development Agency – Digital Rangers

  4. Azerbaijan Cybersecurity Center – Dopamine

  5. Delta Telecom LTD – NetGhosts

  6. AzInTelecom LLC – RedBox

  7. SOCAR – UEIB

  8. State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SAPSSI) – k3rnel.exe

  9. Ministry of Internal Affairs (Cybercrime Department) – CyberPolice

  10. State Committee for Affairs of Refugees and IDPs – Great Return

  11. Baku Higher Oil School – BHOSWARE

  12. Caspel LLC – Caspel Warriors

  13. State Protection Service – Iron Fist

  14. Expressbank OJSC – Xpr3ss1337

  15. Azercell Telecom LLC – Cybercell

  16. Deloitte – Kaktus22

  17. Azerconnect Group – CyberConnect

  18. Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population – DOST Digital Innovation Center – CyberDOST

  19. Azerbaijan Railways CJSC – Agent.EXE

  20. State Water Resources Agency – CyberSea

In addition, 5 foreign teams have confirmed their participation in this year's "cyberwarfare" competition to both observe and compete, representing the following countries:

  1. United Arab Emirates

  2. Uzbekistan

  3. Moldova

  4. Kyrgyzstan

  5. Tajikistan

The 25 finalist teams will test their skills in a physical environment under simulated “cyberwarfare” conditions at the Baku Congress Center on October 9–10.

We wish all participating teams the best of luck!

17.09.2025 11:09