$40.5 mil to be spent on data security

VnnNews – Viet Nam will draw about VND765 billion (US$40.5 million) from the State budget to ensure national information safety from now until 2020.

The money would be used for technology infrastructure and institutions to protect national information, the Ministry of Information and Communications’ Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) director Vu Quoc Khanh told the Security World 2010 conference in Ha Noi earlier this week.

The national information security development plan would create a legal foundation for ministries and agencies to fight against hackers, he said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved the plan in January.

The director said a lack of skilled personnel was the major challenge to security in Government agencies, organisations and businesses.

“There is also shortage of guidance and regulations relating to information security while the ability of ministries, agencies and business to forecast and use information about security problems is limited,” he said.

State agencies needed to train IT workers to improve their professional skills and awareness about information security.

This was particularly true of network security and data protection.

The ministry’s professional computing technology director Nguyen Viet The told the conference: “2010 is forecast to be a ‘hot’ year for information security as many new variants of viruses had appeared and hackers become more professional and dangerous.”

Hackers were forecast to focus on finance, banking and the stock exchange, he said, and the development of mobile technology would make it easier for transmission of viruses.

The theme of the conference, which opened on Tuesday, is building effective security strategy in response to new economic challenges.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News

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