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The need for more education<\/strong> “You can’t just tell people to avoid technology, the warnings that parents are giving their children now are no different from the ‘stranger-danger’ lessons they were given as children, it’s just the medium – the platform that has changed,” he adds.<\/p>\n Trust Global Service, senior consultant, Ignatius Low highlights that there is a need to educate the public about all the loopholes and gaps that come with cybersecurity measures that are applied in the systems.<\/p>\n \u201cThe lack of exposure and education among IT managers, directors and technicians in the country could impact company reputations and you have to understand the fundamentals of what a security breach do to a reputation of a company,\u201d says Low, referring to the serious lack of understanding in the sector.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is also a need for companies to cater budgets to priority areas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Cybersecurity Malaysia chief executive officer, Haji Amiruddin Abdul Wahab voiced out a similar concern as well that security often becomes an afterthought for companies as long as everything seems to be working fine.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is important for companies focusing on digital transformation to embed security measures early on,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n Low also stated that while all these measures are important, companies would have to start from the root basic being compliance.<\/p>\n \u201cUnless companies are aware of compliance, they would not be able to develop policies on security, network usage as well as email usage,\u201d Low said. He stressed that various industries need to be aware of compliance especially the public service sector.<\/p>\n \u201cCompliance starts with transparency and accountability,\u201d says Mastersam cybersecurity advisor, Jordan Koh , who had partnered up with Trust Global Service to provide clients with privileged access assessments.<\/p>\n Aiding the Kingdom in improving digital defence<\/strong> \u201cBoth countries are used to working on a multilateral platform which is the ASEAN and Asia Pacific CERT platforms, and I would like to explore more specific areas on a bilateral platform,\u201d he says, hoping to meet his Cambodian counterpart so they can explore bilateral opportunities to strengthen areas of capacity building.<\/p>\n In line with the company\u2019s\u2019 mission to improve the capabilities of neighbouring countries, Amirudin pointed that no country in the region is completely when fellow neighbours are vulnerable to cyber attacks.<\/p>\n Malaysia\u2019s deputy minister for communications and multimedia, Eddin Syazlee Shith in his trip earlier this year said that Malaysia is ready to share working models on human resource development to create talent and collaborate on capacity building in the cybersecurity sector.<\/p>\n Amirudin has expressed for a bilateral agreement between Cybersecurity Malaysia and the Kingdom in the area of cybersecurity to strengthen its legislatives and policies as well as fast track Cambodia\u2019s progress in cyber security.<\/p>\n The conference had also opened up opportunities for companies to partner up with other entities in the sector, which saw Trust Global Service become the local partner for Cybersecurity Malaysia to deliver cybersecurity measures to Malaysian companies arriving in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n Digitisation leads to more risk exposure<\/strong> With the push for digitisation happening in every sector, companies are more exposed to threats that could leave them crippled operationally.<\/p>\n \u201cCompanies in every sector has to equip themselves with right knowledge and tools as exposure to the risks of cybersecurity becomes higher,\u201d says Amirudin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kingdom\u2019s rapid progress in development in recent years has also allowed sectors in the country to leap frog into digitalisation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"Panelists exchange thoughts on cyber security strategies and policies from an Asia Pacific perspective. CC\/ Chor Sokunthea","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[672,520,673,671,670],"yoast_head":"\n
\nOne of the panelists in the conference, computing and security associate dean of the Edith Cowan University, Paul Haskell-Dowland, says education holds the key when it comes to addressing the dangers of sharing information online.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/capitalcambodia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Haji_Amirudin_Abdul.jpg\")
\nCybersecurity Malaysia\u2019s Amirudin who played a key role in the conference in sharing his experience as well as the company\u2019s 23 year experience to attending participants expressed his interest in helping the Royal Government to further progress the country\u2019s digital defence.<\/p>\n
\n\u201c2019 was a year of discovery for most customers, there were more curiosity and exploration,\u201d says Low as he notices the awareness levels among his customers has risen.<\/p>\n