Firms invest in information security
Information security awareness among Vietnamese enterprises has gradually increased and they have started to recognise the importance of investing in information security.
The information was provided by Vu Quoc Thanh, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA), at Vietnam Information Security Day in Hanoi November 21.
The conclusion is based on a survey carried out by the VNISA of 598 firms and organisations.
He said despite the improvement, information security in Vietnam is still lacking. VNISA revealled that only 37.5% of firms are protected in 2013, an increase of 11.5% compared with last year.
Thanh said that only 0.8% of organisations that are attacked reported and asked for help within one week, making hacking difficult to tackle.
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Minh Hong said that the Department of Information Security plans to release policies, regulations and measures to prevent hacking and lower the damage caused by cyber attacks.
He said the ministry is drafting a law on information security to meet management requirements.