Vietnam showed great attention to information security through holding the Chief Security Officer (CSO) Conference and Awards-2010 for Southeast Asia in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 9.

Awards were conferred on 14 out of 63 candidates, with nine from the host Vietnam , two awards winners from Singapore and one each from Thailand , Malaysia and Cambodia .

This year’s event was upgraded to a regional scale as organisers, consisting of the municipal Information and Communication Service, the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) and the International Data Group, invited all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to send candidates.

The conference, the second of its kind so far, highlighted the good management and fast response skills of chief information security officers, with leading experts across the region gathering to share experiences./.