Vietnam joins ASEAN-Japan cybersecurity drill

The 2021 ASEAN-Japan cybersecurity drill held at the Vietnam Cybersecurity Emergency Response Teams/Coordination Centre's headquarters. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Cybersecurity Emergency ResponseTeams/Coordination Centre (VNCERT/CC) on June 24 took part in the 2021 ASEAN-JapanDrill with the aim of enhancing cooperation between Japan and 10 ASEAN countriesin addressing trans-national cybersecurity incidents.

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the exercise was held in bothonline and in-person formats. It was connected with 200 locations across the country for IT units of ministries, agencies, provinces and cities to join the event.

This year’s drill focused on coordination in dealing withcyber attacks targeting state agencies through Virtual Private Network vulnerabilitiesand in preventing ransomware attacks on medical institutions.

Hoang Minh Tien, Deputy Director of the Information SecurityAuthority under the Ministry of Information and Communications, said that inthe past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused impacts on cybersecurity.

Cyber attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated. Eventhe health systems that are struggling to fight the pandemic are still subjectto this kind of attacks.

He stressed the need for countries and organisations tostrengthen protective measures, coordinate in responding to arising incidents,especially to support and protect the health systems./.

VNA