Malaysia shines in cybersecurity, says Microsoft
MICROSOFT DATA reveal that 556 million people are victims of cybercrimes each year.
Equipped with comprehensive basic infrastructure in cybersecurity, Malaysia can be the regional leader in cybersecurity policy, sharing its experience in Asean, says Kaja Ciglic, director of government cybersecurity policy and strategy at Microsoft.
“Malaysia has a matured policy on cybersecurity. Compared to Singapore, there is still room for Malaysia to grow. Singapore is moving towards the direction of a ‘smart country’.”
In the past, many countries in the world tended to refer to the United States model on cybersecurity, she said. In fact, each country would have its consideration and other factors involved when drafting the policy.
The framework of the US is different from others. Malaysia has to find an effective mechanism that matches with the framework of local culture.
Ciglic said this in her speech on “Global Cybersecurity Policy Developments and Importance of Digital Transformation in National Transformation and Future Proofing Policies” at the TN50 Policy Roundtable Discussion on Cybersecurity yesterday.
By 2020, US$3 trillion (Bt102 trillion) are estimated to be the economic loss due to cybercrime.
Emerging markets in Asia such as China and India also recorded a significant increase in Internet users. In 2005, China had 111 million Internet users. By 2015 the figure had increased to 751 million and will reach 1.1 billion in 2025.
In India, Internet users were 26 million in 2005, increasing to 283 million in 2015 and 708 million in 2025.
Centre for Research, Advisory and Technology (Create) chief executive officer Ng Yeen Seen said cybersecurity is a non-traditional threat faced by each country.
No one discussed about it in the past, but now systems can be paralysed due to cyberattacks, bringing inconvenience to the public.
In the future, war will no longer be confined to traditional methods. It can be a war in the economy or a new trend in biochemistry, she said.
The TN50 Policy Roundtable was organised by Create, where Microsoft is the strategic partner. TN50 was the official sponsor.
A total of 43 people comprising experts, government officials, technical staff and representatives from the private sector attended the discussion.
Among them were TN 50 secretary Effendi Razali, TN 50 ambassador Farrah Hani Imran and Jasmine Begum from Microsoft Malaysia.
