At a security control centre in Ninh Thuan province. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed a directive onFebruary 23 demanding stricter adherence to informationsecurity regulations and enhanced level-basedinformation system security measures.
The directive underscored the critical role of level-basedinformation system security, emphasising its alignmentwith the existing Law on Cybersecurity.
The PM asked ministers, heads ofministerial-level and Government agencies, Chairpersons of the centrally-runmunicipal and provincial People's Committees, Chairs of the Boards of Directorsand Members’ Councils, General Directors of State-owned corporations, groups,commercial State-owned banks, the Vietnam Development Bank, the Vietnam Bankfor Social Policies, the Cooperative Bank of Vietnam and other State-ownedcredit and financial institutions nationwide to takedirect responsibility for information security in their respectiveagencies or localities.
They must hold accountable to the PM andthe law should any breaches or security incidents occur within theirpurview.
Under the directive, they were assigned to ensure that alloperational information systems, ranging from level 1 to level 5, receiveproper security clearance no later than this September.
The Ministry of Information and Communications was tasked with issuingand disseminating a handbook on compliance with legalregulations and strengthening information system security according to the level. At the same time, it must strengthen inspection and examine the compliance with informationsecurity regulations.
Other specific tasks were also assigned to IT securitycompanies, telecom and Internet providers./.
