Cyber information security ratings of State agencies revealed

Da Nang City, the State Bank of Vietnam, as well as Can Tho and Vinh Phuc provinces were rated level A for their concern about implementing information security.
Cyber information security ratings of State agencies revealed ảnh 1The State Bank of Vietnam's headquarters in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Da Nang City, the State Bank of Vietnam, as wellas Can Tho and Vinh Phuc provinces were rated level A for their concern aboutimplementing information security.

The Authority of Information Security (AIS), Ministry of Information andCommunications recently announced the cyber information security assessment andratings of State agencies in 2019.

AIS surveyed 89 agencies including 26 ministries, ministerial-level agencies,and governmental agencies (except for the ministries of public security,defence and information and communications) and 63 provinces andmunicipalities.

There were 46 ministries, branches and localities rated level B, accounting fornearly 52 percent of the total. Thirty-two were level C, accounting for nearly36 percent.

Seven were rated D, which is evaluated as just starting to pay attention toimplementing information security, accounting for nearly 8 percent.

None were rated E, which is not interested in implementing informationsecurity.

Compared with last year, the number of ministries, branches and localities thatwere rated from level B has increased this year.

AIS said most agencies were more concerned about ensuring information securitylast year than the previous year.

The authority attributed the achievement to the work of ministries, agenciesand localities in accordance with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc'sinstructions in Directive 14/CT-TTg dated June 7 last year, and instructionsand plan of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

AIS said that it rated the cyber information security level based on fiveindexes including basic information security index based on assessment resultsfrom data of agencies; information security index of the websites andinformation portal; malware infection index; information leakage index; andmonitoring information sharing index.

Nguyen Quang Thanh, director of Da Nang Department of Information andCommunication, said being rated level A was recognition from the Ministry ofInformation and Communication of the city's efforts to build e-government andbecome a smart city.

The city was also deploying an information security architecture platform toensure the city's data in the cyber environment at the safest level, Thanhsaid./.
VNA

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