(Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Cyber security will continue to be a ‘hot topic’ this year, demanding theattention of technology experts.
Accordingto statistics of the Information Security Department under the Ministry ofInformation and Communications, 95 percent of issues related to informationsecurity are caused by human negligence.
Recently,passwords of more than 1.4 billion e-mail accounts in the world have beendisclosed. The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) analysed andfound some 438,000 accounts in Vietnam, of which some 930 had the governmentdomain name, “gov.vn”.
At ayear-end meeting on information security-related issues last year, Deputy Minister of Information and communications Nguyen Thanh Hung said the situationof information security would continue to be complicated in 2018.
Notably,hackers would use smarter technologies, including artificial intelligence. Inaddition to this, cyber attacks would become increasingly dangerous and moredifficult to detect as hackers were likely to use advanced threats to paralysenational infrastructure, Hung said.
He alsopointed out one of the main reasons for information insecurity was low levelsof awareness.
Thecomplexity of information technology depends on the variety of devices beingused, with many users in organisations and businesses using personal devices,according to Hung.
If theydo not have security solutions, the risk to their information will be implicitright in the mobile device itself.
Currently,with the development of technology and high speed of transmission lines, thenumber of internet users in the country has increased rapidly.
Butusers’ perception of information security is low. A majority of Vietnamesepeople do not have the habit of using software copyrights.
VNCERT Director Nguyen Trong Duong said malicious software, malicious code and virusesthat infiltrated computers were invisible to users.
Heemphasised on raising awareness of users to detect infected devices, whileequipping them with cyber-security knowledge, information technology skills androutines of scanning and upgrading software.
Lastyear, damages caused by computer viruses in Vietnam were worth 12.3 trillion VND (547 million USD), increasing from 10.4 trillion VND in 2016.
Ngo TuanAnh, vice president of BKAV technology group, said attacks on Internet ofThings equipment or malicious codes of blackmailing or digging out virtualmoney were increasing both in number and sophistication.
Statisticsalso show that 55 percent of users use the same passwords for many accounts, whichrisk password exposure.
Technologyexperts predict that all security network threats this year will stem fromattacks on internet-connected devices.
Thus,besides raising awareness of users, enterprises and organisations need to applysecurity policies and technology.
Organisationsand enterprises as well as individual computer users using the internet shouldrestrict the disclosure of personal information via mobile phones, emails andinternet services.
Organisationsand businesses especially need to protect critical information and implementbackup and recovery plans to secure website and email assets.-VNA
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