Opening Asia - Pacific Conference on network security

In the morning of August 28, in Hanoi, the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Network Security was jointly organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Ministry of Information and Communication.

Taking place over 4 days from August 28 to August 31, the theme of the Workshop is 'Structure of network security and critical information infrastructure protection' with the aim of identifying the challenges that countries Asia-Pacific region is facing in the field of network security.

With more than 40 presentations by experts in the field of domestic and international network security, the Seminar focused on the main contents such as building a common framework to ensure network security and protect critical information infrastructure. weak; Developing national network security strategy; cooperation between international standards-building organizations and government-related network security; building network security culture; technical standards for network security; alert and react quickly to network security events; Handling threats from spam; regional and international cooperation on network security .

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Vu Duc Dam said that the Regional Network Security Conference was held for the first time to select Vietnam as the place where the organization has proved Special attention of ITU to Vietnam's information and communication technology environment. This also proves that Vietnam is taking the first steps in the right direction on information security.

According to ITU, the world is increasingly dependent on IT networks. This poses potential threats that can cause serious damage to critical network infrastructures. To deal with these risks and protect those network infrastructures, countries need a comprehensive action plan, ranging from technical, legal and policy issues associated with regional cooperation. regional and international.

Thuy Nguyen