(Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Cyber security will continue to be a ‘hot topic’ this year, demanding theattention of technology experts. Accordingto statistics of the Information Security Department under the Ministry ofInformation and Communications, 95 percent of issues related to informationsecurity are caused by human negligence. Recently,passwords of more than 1.4 billion e-mail accounts in the world have beendisclosed. The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) analysed andfound some 438,000 accounts in Vietnam, of which some 930 had the governmentdomain name, “gov.vn”. At ayear-end meeting on information security-related issues last year, Deputy Minister of Information and communications Nguyen Thanh Hung said the situationof information security would continue to be complicated in 2018. Notably,hackers would use smarter technologies, including artificial intelligence. Inaddition to this, cyber attacks would become increasingly dangerous and moredifficult to detect as hackers were likely to use advanced threats to paralysenational infrastructure, Hung said. He alsopointed out one of the main reasons for information insecurity was low levelsof awareness. Thecomplexity of information technology depends on the variety of devices beingused, with many users in organisations and businesses using personal devices,according to Hung. If theydo not have security solutions, the risk to their information will be implicitright in the mobile device itself. Currently,with the development of technology and high speed of transmission lines, thenumber of internet users in the country has increased rapidly. Butusers’ perception of information security is low. A majority of Vietnamesepeople do not have the habit… [Read full story]
The Hanoitimes - Nguyen Thanh Hung, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, has recently said that cyber security will be difficult to maintain next year as hackers use smarter and more sophisticated technology to make attacks. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung made speech at the forum. Photo: ictnews.vn This was revealed at the second regional forum on cyber security held by the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT), the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Korea Internet and Security Agency. At the forum, participants discussed regional and global issues on strategies, policies and laws…... [read more]
Cyber security will be difficult to maintain next year as hackers use smarter and more sophisticated technology to make attacks, Nguyen Thanh Hung, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, has said. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung speaks at the forum. (Photo: ictnews.vn) This was revealed at the second regional forum on cyber security held by the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT), the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Korea Internet and Security Agency.At the forum, participants discussed regional and global issues on strategies, policies and laws to achieve security by sharing mechanisms for reliable…... [read more]
NDO – A majority of the National Assembly (NA) deputies agreed on the need to issue the Law on Cyber Security, while discussing in groups at on the draft law, during the ongoing fourth session of the 14th NA in Hanoi on November 13. Ngo Minh Chau, a deputy of Ho Chi Minh City, stated that amid the threats from cybercrimes to information safety, the building of a draft Law on Cyber Security is necessary aiming to prevent, combat, respond to and overcome the consequences caused by cyber-based attacks and terrorism.However, some deputies noted that a number of provisions in…... [read more]
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Committee on Peace and International Security gathered in Hanoi on March 29 to discuss a draft resolution on cyber warfare, which has become a serious threat to peace and global security. Participants at the event, organised as part of the on-going 132nd IPU Assembly in Hanoi , agreed that the increasing use of the internet and interconnected computer systems have resulted in a sharp rise in the number of cyber attacks. Today, almost every political, economic or military conflict entails a cybernetic component, they concurred. Speaking at the meeting, Vu Xuan Hong, Chairman of the Vietnam…... [read more]
Many lawmakers have continued to air grievances about a bill that seeks to require foreign tech giants such as Google and Facebook to set up offices and install servers in Vietnam even after its chief promoter reassured that the country would not use the law as a pretext for hindering the development of the internet. According to the bill, drafted by the Ministry of Public Security, “foreign enterprises, when providing telecommunications and/or internet services in Vietnam, shall respect the national sovereignty, interests and security of Vietnam and the interests of users, obtain licences for their operations, and locate their representative…... [read more]
