From: OnIslam & News Agencies

By: Vladimir Golubev

Sources: Cybersafetyunit.com, Conferen.info & Computer Crime Research Center

The semi-independent Muslim country of Crimea is preparing itself to host the International Research and Practice Conference «Cybersecurity 2013».

The international summit will be held from the 13th to the 17th of October 2013 at the National Enterprise “Resort and Recreation Complex-Rossiya” in the famous Crimean resort city of Yalta.

The global conference acts as the platform for dialogue between public authorities and management, budgetary as well as private sectors of science, education, production, service delivery, and civil society organizations to discuss common issues of cyber security, identify common solutions to prevent threats, ensure effective protection and security of assets cyberspace.

The target audience of the conference are the decision-makers in cyber business and administration, heads of organizations and institutions that are responsible for protecting cyberspace against threats to cyber security, risk management and regulatory compliance. For participation in conference are invited heads of enterprises, institutions, organizations, Director of Security, Director of IT-departments, specialists in the field of risk management, network architecture, business continuity, research, assessment, auditing and evaluation of compliance with the law.

Cirmea’s capital city is Simferopol, aka Aqmescit (Aq Mesjid), which means the “White Mosque” in the native Crimean Tatar Language. The hosting country, Crimea, was an independent Muslim nation till 1787 when it fell to the Russians. Since then the country witnessed 11 consecutive independence movements taking place on annual basis. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Crimea lost its independence in 1992 to the Ukrainian occupation. Through Joseph Stalin’s policies of forcibly expelling the indigenous Muslim Crimean Tatars from their
homeland to Central Asia; Crimea lost its Muslim-majority population. Nowadays, Crimean Tatar Muslims count for only 12.10% of the current population of their autonomous country of Crimea.