Illustrative image (Photo: vietnamnet.vn) According to the ministry's e-newspaper Vietnamnet, IT experts said systems relating to finance and banking are themost vulnerable to cyber-attacks,as hackerswould take advantage of security relaxations and reduced transactions during the holidays to carry out attacks on servers.
Given this, the ministry has urged ministries, agencies,localities, press agencies, State-owned groups and corporations, telecoms serviceproviders, financial institutions and banks to strengthen measures to protectinformation security.
Supervision should be maintained round the clock, and checks conducted to find any loopholes and timely solutions taken, the MIC said.
Agencies, organisations and businesses should keep themselves updated on cyber security warnings and information, while stepping up communications work toraise public awareness of cyber security skills.
The ministry urged ICT service providers toincrease personnel on duty during the holidays to timely handle emergencies, ensuring smooth operations oftelecoms and Internet infrastructure systems.
Technical measures must be maximised to detect andavert cyber assaults as well as the spread of toxic information, the ministryrequested.
For users, experts advised that they should conducttransactions on familiar websites and avoid downloading apps of unknown sources or opening attachments with strange file names./.
VNA
