VN to join Microsoft's network security protection programme
With increasing use of technology, Vietnam is facing risks in terms of cybersecurity, threatening national security, said Nguyen Minh Chinh, Director General of the Cyber Security and High-tech Crime Prevention Department under the Ministry of Public Security.
Representatives from the Cyber Security and High-tech Crime Prevention Department and Microsoft Vietnam at the signing ceremony of the GSP agreement in Hanoi on December 19 (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) -With increasing use of technology, Vietnam is facing risks in terms ofcybersecurity, threatening national security, said Nguyen Minh Chinh, DirectorGeneral of the Cyber Security and High-tech Crime Prevention Department underthe Ministry of Public Security.
He was speaking at the signingceremony of the Government Security Programme (GSP) agreement with MicrosoftCorporation in Hanoi on December 9.
“The cooperation betweenMicrosoft and the department through GSP, will actively support networksecurity protection and cybercrime prevention.”
Under the agreement, thedepartment will officially become a member of Microsoft’s GSP. The programme isnow present in 45 nations around the world.
As a member of GSP, thedepartment will have access to cyber threats and vulnerability information anda communication channel with Microsoft security and response teams; source codefor Microsoft products, such as the popular Windows operating system and Officesuites; technical data about Microsoft’s products and cloud services andopportunities to access Microsoft engineers to address specific topics.
The mission of the GSP is tobuild trust through transparency by providing visibility in technology, whichgovernments and international organisations can use to help protect themselvesand their citizens, said Pham The Truong, General Director of Microsoft Vietnamat the event.
“The department will gainunprecedented awareness of the malware infection landscape in Vietnam, allowingthem to take timely action against threats and raise public awareness forfuture protection against these threats,” said Truong.
Also at the event, Truong said:“We are proud to be partnering with the Ministry of Public Security in theefforts to foster trust and transparency about Microsoft products and servicesand to foster collaboration between Microsoft security teams and governmentcybersecurity experts.”
At the event, the departmentalso agreed to co-operate with Microsoft in developing training programmes fornetwork security experts.
A report from the ministryshowed about 4,000 websites with Vietnamese domain names were attacked andhundreds of thousands of computers were infected with malware in 2019./.
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Vietnam’s demographic advantage, including a youthful population of 100 million in a “golden age”, further bolsters its ambitions. Its dynamic workforce, with a natural inclination toward science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), is a key asset in attracting private investment to innovation-driven sectors.
Representatives from the Cyber Security and High-tech Crime Prevention Department and Microsoft Vietnam at the signing ceremony of the GSP agreement in Hanoi on December 19 (Source: VNA) 
