The Ministry of Information and Communications on March 6 signed withthe Microsoft Corporation a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that willhelp raise Vietnam’s Internet security.
As statedin the document, the US-based group will help modernise IT facilities ofVietnamese small and medium-sized-enterprises and provide itsCybercrime Centre’s monthly reports for the ministry.
Themultinational corporation will also support Vietnam to develop cloudcomputing applications and train local IT workforce.
Thesame day, Microsoft and the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Centre(VNCERT) also inked a MoU aimed to enhance cyber security, coordinatecomputer emergency assistance, and inspect security breaches in thecontext of rising security loopholes in the country.
According to the top local internet security firm, BKAV, Vietnamremains among the countries most vulnerable to internet attacks, with 40percent of websites containing security loopholes.
The firm provided the fact based on its research, carried out fromOctober 2013 to February 2014 by its WebScan machines, in more than 25countries.
Explaining the situation as the maincause of leaking information from personal credit cards, as well ascorporate internal data, it urged government agencies and computer usersto strengthen internet and website security to reduce potential risks.
According to the Vietnam Computer EmergencyResponse Team, 78 out of 100 websites with the government domain"gov.vn" had been reported to have "seriously" poor security systems.
Also, BKAV warned last month, spyware, malware andDDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks will continue to pose majorrisks in 2014.
In 2013, hackers took advantage ofsecurity loopholes in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint and insertedspyware to monitor users' activities on computers.-VNA
As statedin the document, the US-based group will help modernise IT facilities ofVietnamese small and medium-sized-enterprises and provide itsCybercrime Centre’s monthly reports for the ministry.
Themultinational corporation will also support Vietnam to develop cloudcomputing applications and train local IT workforce.
Thesame day, Microsoft and the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Centre(VNCERT) also inked a MoU aimed to enhance cyber security, coordinatecomputer emergency assistance, and inspect security breaches in thecontext of rising security loopholes in the country.
According to the top local internet security firm, BKAV, Vietnamremains among the countries most vulnerable to internet attacks, with 40percent of websites containing security loopholes.
The firm provided the fact based on its research, carried out fromOctober 2013 to February 2014 by its WebScan machines, in more than 25countries.
Explaining the situation as the maincause of leaking information from personal credit cards, as well ascorporate internal data, it urged government agencies and computer usersto strengthen internet and website security to reduce potential risks.
According to the Vietnam Computer EmergencyResponse Team, 78 out of 100 websites with the government domain"gov.vn" had been reported to have "seriously" poor security systems.
Also, BKAV warned last month, spyware, malware andDDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks will continue to pose majorrisks in 2014.
In 2013, hackers took advantage ofsecurity loopholes in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint and insertedspyware to monitor users' activities on computers.-VNA
