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VN eyes highest information safety
VGP – By 2020, all e-governmental and e-commercial applications will be guaranteed at the top level in terms of information safety while online services are provided directly to ordinary people.
The
targets are stipulated in the national master plan on information safety by
2020 which was recently ratified by the Government chief.
The
document points out overall goals to be fulfilled by 2020. Accordingly, the country’s
vital information system will be secured by highly confidential security
systems; rescue networks will be founded to respond to any national information
breakdowns; IT staffs will be trained to meet regional standards; people’s awareness
of information safety will be raised; and all network managers will have to
meet requirements on national certificate of information safety.
In
the short term, by 2015, networks for supervising and giving warnings on
information safety will be set up and put into operation nationwide. Electronic
information systems in State agencies will be periodically investigated and
annually verified. All ministerial and provincial websites will have to figure
out effective measures to fight against possible attacks. And e-transactions
will be ensured while electric commercial services are popularized.
By
2020, the State plans to spend VND 765 billion on six prioritized projects to
build a national technical center on network safety, a national system
assessing and verifying information safety; a system of warning, detecting and
preventing hackers; a system of identifying and securing the Government’s
information systems; and a system of guaranteeing safety of e-commerce
activities. The fund is also used to train experts on information safety for governmental
agencies and vital information systems.
By Kim Anh