The 6th Security World Conference and Expo, themed “Securing yourorganisation in a connected world”, opened in Hanoi on April 5.
The event is jointly organised by the IT Department of the GeneralDepartment of Logistics and Technology under the Ministry of PublicSecurity (MoPS), Vietnam Computer Emergency Response (VNCERT), and theInternational Data Group (IDG).
At the conference, domesticand international information security experts said that 2011 will see agreat development of cloud computing services, mobile offices andsocial networks, which, they said, will creat new trends for theinformation technology sector but will pose new implicit threats oninformation security.
In Vietnam , many businesses arefacing the spread of new variants of virus and the booming of cyberattacks for personal benefit and economic purposes, thus affectingbusiness operations and national security.
According to theVietnam Information Security Association (VNISA)’s investigation report,Vietnam ranked fifth among 10 countries with the highest risk oflosing information in security in 2010.
The report indicatesthat 33 percent of Vietnamese businesses detected network securityattacks, 29 percent did not know whether their systems were hacked ornot and 22 percent did not understand the motives behind networksecurity attacks.
To cope with this situation, Vietnam isactively making new policies and directions to promote the developmentof information technology in general and security in particular, saidVNCERT Director Vu Quoc Khanh.
2011 is the first year todevelop ideas, plans and programmes in the National Digital InformationSecurity Project as well as boost the training of human resources ininformation security and investment in incident response and managementprocesses, he said.
On the sidelines of the conference,the Security World Expo will bring to visitor the latest software,equipment and solutions for virus/spam/spyware prevention from leadinglocal and international information security solutions providers such asIBM, TrendMicro, Sourcefire./.
The event is jointly organised by the IT Department of the GeneralDepartment of Logistics and Technology under the Ministry of PublicSecurity (MoPS), Vietnam Computer Emergency Response (VNCERT), and theInternational Data Group (IDG).
At the conference, domesticand international information security experts said that 2011 will see agreat development of cloud computing services, mobile offices andsocial networks, which, they said, will creat new trends for theinformation technology sector but will pose new implicit threats oninformation security.
In Vietnam , many businesses arefacing the spread of new variants of virus and the booming of cyberattacks for personal benefit and economic purposes, thus affectingbusiness operations and national security.
According to theVietnam Information Security Association (VNISA)’s investigation report,Vietnam ranked fifth among 10 countries with the highest risk oflosing information in security in 2010.
The report indicatesthat 33 percent of Vietnamese businesses detected network securityattacks, 29 percent did not know whether their systems were hacked ornot and 22 percent did not understand the motives behind networksecurity attacks.
To cope with this situation, Vietnam isactively making new policies and directions to promote the developmentof information technology in general and security in particular, saidVNCERT Director Vu Quoc Khanh.
2011 is the first year todevelop ideas, plans and programmes in the National Digital InformationSecurity Project as well as boost the training of human resources ininformation security and investment in incident response and managementprocesses, he said.
On the sidelines of the conference,the Security World Expo will bring to visitor the latest software,equipment and solutions for virus/spam/spyware prevention from leadinglocal and international information security solutions providers such asIBM, TrendMicro, Sourcefire./.
