The BBC reported yesterday about a major cyber spy network based in China. Of the many embassies and foreign ministries infiltrated, our foreign ministry also appears on the list.
This is very worrying.
Our civil servants spend a lot of time chatting online and browsing sites often unrelated to work. Many offices do not even have a basic antivirus system in place and I remember how the systems of several ministries were crippled by a virus a few years ago. Most of the softwares and systems used are either not authentic or up-to-date. We remain vulnerable to such threats.
There is a need for an immediate review to secure our IT systems and also rein in improper internet usage in the offices.
Update - I agree with the comment by Prodigal below. There was little intention to blame our civil servants but we certainly need to pull our socks up.
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
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Blaming the civil servants for chatting and browsing isn't actually the cause. This just warns us that it's inevitable, and we need to prepare our own walls to safeguard.
For example, Korea invests huge amount in their security system and the people taking care of the security (private + govt) but still they get hit by the same thing we are!
It's not too late to nurture some brilliant minds, shape them and put them in place. We need them anyways and in the world of web, they would be more precious than standing Armies
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