Information security incidents in Vietnam rise by 60%

The number of serious incidents handled by the authority has increased by nearly 60% in the first six months of this year compared to last.

Cyber attacks were considered one of the top challenges that organisations in the country and around the world were facing, said Le Van Tuan, AIS Director, at a workshop on enhancing businesses' ability to respond to cyber attacks in Hanoi on July 25.

Across the world, the scale of cyber attacks tended to take place on a global scale, he said.

The targets are in important fields and key infrastructure such as energy, power networks, banking, healthcare, environmental resources, transportation, information and communication, causing damage to many countries.

In Vietnam, there have recently been a number of serious security incidents related to data encryption, causing damage to businesses in terms of reputation and finances.

Despite warnings from the AIS, the number of victims of online fraud is still growing.

Through the implementation of the national malicious domain name warning and prevention system, the AIS has prevented 3,170 online fraud websites as of June, protecting more than ten million people from accessing fraudulent websites that violate the law.

Therefore, the AIS co-ordinated with cybersecurity company Kaspersky to organise training programmes on Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS).

"Through simulated interaction drills, leaders and responsible individuals will gain a visual and comprehensive understanding of the unit's information security status. This enables them to make appropriate and effective actions amid the increasingly complex situation of information security today," said Tuan.