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Domestic grown digital fortress (Dejfa) increases cyber security 200%

reporter 1222 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 10:30:20 +0000

Dejfa is acting as a strong fortress against foreign threats, he said.

In mid-May, 2019, Dejfa was unveiled by the Iranian ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi to shield the country from increasing cyber threats targeting Iran’s infrastructure and online businesses.

The Digital Fortress aims to protect citizens’ privacy, deter cyberattacks on infrastructure, help sustain digital services, combat data breaches and online fraud, as well as detect malware in the network and stop its spread.

The Digital Fortress would also help Iran prevent denial-of-service strikes and protect the country’s industrial infrastructure against cyber espionage and sabotage attacks.

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All cyberattacks against Iranian targets foiled: ICT minister

reporter 1222 — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:31:04 +0000

Within few days of the US claims that the Pentagon had launched a long-planned cyberattack to disable Iran’s rocket launch systems, Jahromi wrote in a tweet, “They try hard, but have not yet carried out a successful attack.”

“Media asked if the claimed cyberattacks against Iran are true,” he said, adding, “We have been under cyber-terrorism attacks like Stuxnet and unilateralism – like the US sanctions – for a long time,” but none have been successful.

“Last year we neutralized 33 million attacks with the [national] firewall,” the ICT minister said.

Last week, US news outlets cited unnamed sources to report that President Donald Trump had approved an offensive cyber strike aimed at disabling Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches. The attacks came shortly after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) announced that its Aerospace Forces used an indigenous Khordad 3 surface-to-air missile system to shoot down a US Navy RQ-4A global Hawk drone moments after it entered Iranian airspace in the Persian Gulf region to gather intelligence.

In line with the push to fend off cyber violations, Iran’s ICT Ministry unveiled a cybersecurity project codenamed Digital Fortress (Dejfa in Persian) in May to shield the country from increasing cyber threats targeting Iran’s infrastructures.

The Digital Fortress aims to protect citizens’ privacy, deter the cyberattacks on infrastructure, help sustain digital services, combat data breaches and online fraud, as well as detect malware in the network and stop its spread.

According to Jahromi, the fortress will also help Iran prevent denial-of-service strikes and protect the country’s industrial infrastructure against cyber espionage and sabotage attacks.

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ICT min. reacts to Iranian apps removal on android OS

reporter 1222 — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:01:55 +0000

In a Saturday tweet, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi wrote that reports from the Information Technology Organization (ITO) indicate that the removal of Iranian apps from the Android operating system was not limited to some versions of messenger apps, but also included some other Iranian business applications.

“US economic terrorism is also moving toward digital economy,” he added.

According to reports, Google has removed a number of Iranian apps from Google Play, including two messaging apps called ‘Hotgram’ and ‘Talagram’.

The move comes a few months after Apple banned Iranian apps from App Store.

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