Hanoi (VNA) – The Israeli Embassy inVietnam and the Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA) co-organised asymposium in Hanoi on July 31 to share experience in cyber security, attracting11 leading firms in the field from Israel.

Yaniv Tessel, Trade Counsellor and Head ofEconomic and Trade Mission at the Israeli Embassy, said Vietnam as well asother nations in the region and the world are facing threats of cyber securityand potential risks of data leakage and loss.

These threats are at the international level,causing great concern to organisations, State management agencies, enterprisesand individuals operating in the socio-economic fields, he said.

Thereby, even large or small organisations andagencies must have their own cyber security strategies to deal with suchthreats and adopt high technology solutions to go ahead of hackers in thenetwork environment, he added.

According to Tessel, Israel has built a uniquecyber security ecosystem thanks to the government’s strong support to connectwith enterprises.

As a result, Israel has become a leading nationin cyber security, making up some 20 percent of the total global investment inthis field.

Sharing the cyber information security inVietnam, Vu Quoc Khanh, a member of the VNISA Executive Board, said globalexperts listed Vietnam among the 10 nations controlled by “ghost” computers. 

Cyber security attacks in the country are likely to increase while the stealingof information by fake websites has become more popular, he said. 

More than 50 percent of Vietnamese organisations and agencies have failed topromptly detect cyber security attacks, Khanh stressed.

According to him, the most common types of networkattacks in Vietnam are the use of malicious codes to attack State agencies and personalaccounts.

At present, millions of computers in Vietnam areinfected with malicious codes, he said, adding that every month, there are morethan 82 million threats to internet users in Vietnam.

He pointed to shortcomings such as ineffectiveorganisation of activities to ensure information security and poor investment.

Khanh suggested inspecting the network system tosoon detect cyber security attacks and apply the state-of-the-art technologies.

Participants recommended promoting newtechnologies in the digital age such as cloud computing, virtualization,artificial intelligence, biometric identification and internet of things.

Israeli businesses took this occasion to connectwith Vietnamese firms to boost the bilateral trade and economicpartnership.-VNA