Vietnam works to improve information security
The national information
security index of Vietnam in 2014 is 39 percent, a slight rise against
the previous year’s figure of 37.5 percent, said a report released on
December 4 in Hanoi during the launching ceremony for the 2014
Vietnam Information Security Day.
Assessments from
international organisations, however, still showed that Vietnam is among
countries with high proportion of harmful software transmission, which
significantly affects the country’s credit in the digital world.
According to Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen
Minh Hong, the work of ensuring information security at offices,
agencies and enterprises in Vietnam has still not been given due
attention.
Meanwhile, the legal framework on
standard and national technical regulations on information security has
yet to provide a sufficient foundation for the application of management
measures in the field, he noted.
Under the theme
“Information safety, security and national sovereignty,” the 2014
Vietnam Information Security Day aimed to raise public awareness of
information security and encourage human resources training in the area.
It also looked to promote the application and
development of IT in a safe and secure manner since attacks targeting
important data of organisations and enterprises as well as private
information of thousands of people are on the rise.
During the ceremony, representatives of many software giants such as
Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco and Firewire, shared their experience,
solutions and tools to ensure safety and security for important national
information systems.
Besides a conference held
following the launch, the 2014 Vietnam Information Security Day also
consists of two seminars on ensuring security for key national
information system, and the risk of information loss from hand-held
devices.-VNA