‘Bangladesh-India joint effort a must to deal with cyber threats’
City Desk :
Experts from Bangladesh and India at a function in the city emphasized enhancing the skills and capabilities of individuals engaged in technology-related tasks to safeguarding digital space in the face of fast-growing cyber-attacks and threats.
“More collaborative endeavour for sharing knowledge and experiences, along with offering exercises and training in cyber resilient, networks vulnerability, cyber risk assessment and awareness etc, can significantly strengthen capacity to effectively combat cyber-attacks and threats,” they said at the inaugural session of the 3-day Cyber security Training and Exercise programme under Cyber-Maitree 2023 held on the second instant at the BCC auditorium in the city.
The World Bank funded Enhancing Digital Government and Economy (EDGE) Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under ICT Division organized the function, reports BSS.
Chaired by BCC Executive Director Ranajit Kumar, the function was addressed, among others, by ICT Secretary Md. Shamsul Arefin, Senior Director of Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) S. S. Sarma of India, Director General of Digital Security Agency (DSA) Abu Sayed Md. Kamruzzaman and EDGE Project Director Md. Shakhawat Hossain.
Shamsul Arefin said ‘Cyber-Maitree 2023’ has been a shining example of collaboration between the government of Bangladesh and India.
In fact, ‘Cyber-Maitree 2023’ will serve as a collaborative platform for the exchange of knowledge, capacity building, and international collaboration in the field of cybersecurity, he said, adding that the participants will be enriched and build their capacity to deal with the cyber-attacks and threats.
Ranajit Kumar said the training and exercise under ‘Cyber-Maitree 2023’ will help enriching the employees involved in safeguarding critical information infrastructure.
Highlighting the escalating frequency of cyber-attacks in the context of rapidly advancing digitized world, S. S. Sarma said that countries dependence on cyberspace is increasing and critical information infrastructure (CII), such as power systems, civil aviation, national security, banks, and, utilities is connected with the internet.
He stressed the critical importance of enhancing the skills and capacity of individuals involved in IT-related tasks to effectively address and mitigate cyber threats.
