Participants at the Vietnam Information Security Day 2017 workshop in Hanoi (Photo: vtv.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – A workshop,themed “intelligence security in the smart connected world”, opened in Hanoi onDecember 1, as part of activities marking the Vietnam Information Security Day2017 event.
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Ministerof Information and Communications Pham Hong Hai stressed cybercrime has becomemore professional, with tools designed by skillful developers under substantialfunding.
Building a safe information society inVietnam requires smart and concerted moves from public agencies, enterprises, organisationsand individuals, he said.
The ministry has been carrying out measuresto secure online information, including developing domestic IT services andproducts, raising public awareness on the issue, and improving IT humanresources quality. Drills and joint work with other units have also beenrunning more frequently.
At the seminar, participants agreed thatonline attacks, including those targeting government agencies and importantinformation sources, are on the rise in terms of number and scale.
The 4th industrial revolutionand Internet of things (IoT) bring about information risks and more complicateddevelopments are foreseen for cyber attacks, they said.
Bui Quang Minh, an expert in the field,said there are no new features in hackers’ methods this year, but Vietnameseusers and firms have yet to be fully aware of the importance of information securityand thus failing to make proper investment in it.
In 2017, Vietnam was ranked 101st in the global security index, down 25places from 2016, and far below many regional countries such as Singapore,Malaysia and Thailand.
Within the framework of Vietnam InformationSecurity Day, the organizer – Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA)– has scheduled a national information security competition for students, atraining course for information technology managers and a technologyexhibition.
VNISA will also announce the ranking ofinformation security products and services reviewed by domestic firms.
The annual Vietnam Information Security Dayhas been held by the VNISA for the past nearly 10 years under the auspices ofthe Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Educationand Training.-VNA
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