Information security incidents in Việt Nam rise by 60%

Overview of the drill. — Photo ictvietnam.vn

HÀ NỘI — The technical monitoring system of the Authority of Information Security (AIS), under the Ministry of Information and Communications, recorded 90,033 information security weaknesses and vulnerabilities of agencies and organisations in Việt Nam last month.

The number of serious incidents handled by the authority has increased by nearly 60 per cent in the first six months of this year compared to last.

Cyber attacks were considered one of the top challenges that organisations in the country and around the world were facing, said Lê Văn Tuấn, AIS Director, at a workshop on enhancing businesses’ ability to respond to cyber attacks in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Across the world, the scale of cyber attacks tended to take place on a global scale, he said.

The targets are in important fields and key infrastructure such as energy, power networks, banking, healthcare, environmental resources, transportation, information and communication, causing damage to many countries.

In Việt Nam, there have recently been a number of serious security incidents related to data encryption, causing damage to businesses in terms of reputation and finances.

Despite warnings from the AIS, the number of victims of online fraud is still growing.

Through the implementation of the national malicious domain name warning and prevention system, the AIS has prevented 3,170 online fraud websites as of June, protecting more than ten million people from accessing fraudulent websites that violate the law.

Therefore, the AIS co-ordinated with cybersecurity company Kaspersky to organise training programmes on Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS).

“Through simulated interaction drills, leaders and responsible individuals will gain a visual and comprehensive understanding of the unit’s information security status. This enables them to make appropriate and effective actions amid the increasingly complex situation of information security today,” said Tuấn. — VNS