Octopus this is how Turkey protects its industries and national projects cyberly

In the past years, wars have moved from the front line to the digital world, and the "wars" that we have heard drumming on electronic networks have made data confidentiality extremely important. That is why Turkey has developed a digital “octopus” to protect the security of its vital data.

The new world order and the advanced technology that followed World War II fundamentally changed habits on the battlefield as well as in many different areas. For example, major powers no longer move their soldiers close to the borders of a hostile state, do not strike their navy, let alone bombard them with warplanes... Instead, they prefer to target the communications infrastructure of the target country and render it unusable, in addition to Theft of important information and paralysis of its financial instruments.

This has made the issue of data security one of the most important national security issues for developed countries, and the security of the networks to which government agencies and important institutions are connected, and how to protect data and certain information about important projects, has become more and more important recently.

That is why we find many digital projects that Turkey has developed in order to protect the security of its communications networks and keep its data out of the reach of hackers and saboteurs. One of the most prominent of these projects is the Ahtapot program recently developed by the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK).

Digital turkey octopus

To keep pace with developments in the field of data protection in cyberspace, Turkey has developed a digital program called “Akhtaboot” with local and national resources and capabilities.

One of the most important features of Akhtaboot, developed by TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM, is that it is open source. The program's system, which includes 15 different security elements, has previously succeeded in repelling an attack on the Turkish armed forces.

The Turkish "octopus", which obtained full marks in the tests and exercises in which it participated and organized by NATO, also plays important roles in protecting pivotal local and national projects, such as communications network projects, military defense industries projects and other vital services and financial facilities.

On the way the program works, Celine Akpoga, who spoke to ( TRTHABER ), indicated that the program acts as a protection shield for networks that are authorized to protect the security of their data. By building a multi-layered security system, the program not only prevents the appearance of data, but also prevents the inclusion of unauthorized data out in the network.

A matter of national security

The advantage of being able to obtain information about your opponent and disrupt this flow at will, rather than hitting and destroying him, cannot be provided by armies, planes, or ships, but rather by hackers who are hired by states and organizations to carry out such actions, which He made the issue of data security in Turkey one of the most important national security issues ever.

Turkey, for its part, is closely following the cyber security wars and their rapid development, and is well aware that cyber security has risen to a position no less important than the security of countries’ borders. That is why you find it supporting many national projects concerned with the issue of protecting network and data security, which is one of the most important topics in the world. In the last years.

It should be noted that data security is not limited to the military and vital fields, but extends to the protection of the data of individuals and citizens through the protection of civil communications networks. If we take America as an example, we find that 5G technology in the United States operates under the direct auspices of the Department of Defense.

And when it comes to protecting data security, we find Turkey designing and developing local and national technologies and equipment to stop its dependence on the outside in this particular issue. It is very frightening to combine two terms: “data” and “foreign technologies.”

Turkey is strong

On the sidelines of the Bosphorus summit held earlier this month, the President of the British Defense and Security Forum, Olga Maitland, expressed that her country wants to ally with Turkey in the field of cybersecurity. She noted that Turkey is an important country in the field of cybersecurity, praising President Erdogan's steps in building a cybersecurity center in Turkey.

At a time when the severity of cyber-attacks increased, Turkey was among the first three countries exposed to the largest number of cyber-attacks in the world, and was able to repel and confront most of them, thanks to the rapid and important steps taken by Turkey in recent years on the path to becoming a leading country in the field of security cyber on the global level.

During the "Cyber ​​Security Week" that was held at the end of last year, the Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Adil Kara Ismailoglu, confirmed that during the past three years, between 2017 and 2020, Turkey succeeded in repelling 325,000 cyber attacks with programs developed with local capabilities.