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Conference looks to strengthen cyber security in Vietnam

Conference looks to strengthen cyber security for public, financial-banking sectors

Domestic and foreign experts are gathering at the international conference and expo “Security World 2019”, which opened in Hanoi on May 29, to discuss measures to strengthen data protection and cyber security for the public and the financial-banking sectors. ​
Conference looks to strengthen cyber security for public, financial-banking sectors ảnh 1The international conference and expo “Security World 2019” looks to strengthen data protection and cyber security for the public and the financial-banking sectors.  (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Domestic and foreign experts are gathering at theinternational conference and expo “Security World 2019”, which opened in Hanoi on May 29, to discuss measures to strengthen data protection and cyber security for the public and the financial-bankingsectors.

Speaking at the event, the13th of its kind in Vietnam, Deputy Director of the Ministry ofPublic Security’s Department of Cyber Security and High-tech Crime PreventionDo Anh Tuan said that cyber attacks in Vietnam have become more complicated andunpredictable in recent time, particularly in state management agencies.

Statistics from the national cyber security monitoring centre under theMinistry of Information and Communications show that Vietnam’s IT system washit by 10,220 cyber attacks in 2018, including 5,932 Phishing attacks, 3,198web defacements and 1,090 malwares.

The banking sector alone suffered various attacks, causing criticalconsequences to local businesses and organisations. Hackers said they hijackedpersonal data of 5.4 million customers at Thegioididong mobile phonedistribution chain, and 275,000 customers at Co-opbank.

Deputy Head of the Government Cryptography Committee Nguyen Dang Dao said that cyber attacks targete-commerce and the finance-banking sector to steal personal information of users, as well asstate-owned agencies to burgle national data. Besides, hackers also useartificial intelligence (AI) to launch malicious attacks.

The Security World 2019 is organised to help state-owned agencies, banks andfinancial institutions to get an insight into cyber attack risks to have timelyresponse to the rapid development of security threats.

The conference highlighted Vietnam’s current cyber security situation, securitymeasures for financial and banking sector in Vietnam and the latest threats toinformation security in 2019 in ASEAN and Singapore’s experiences in InforSecassurance.

More than 20 renowned IT firms like Viettel, VNPT, McAfee, Cybertrap,Rostelecom-Solar, Parasoft, Fujitsu, and DTASIA, among others, bring to the SecurityWorld 2019 expo their latest security solutions and products.

The expo runs through May 30 at JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi.-VNA
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