Kaspersky willing to share cyber security solutions with Vietnam
Stephan Neumeier, Managing Director of Russia’s Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific, said the company is willing to share its experience and security solutions to help protect Vietnam from cyber attacks.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Stephan Neumeier,Managing Director of Russia’s Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific, said the company iswilling to share its experience and security solutions to helpprotect Vietnam from cyber attacks.
Kasperskyand its researchers have more than 20 years of experience and a range of securitysolutions it stands ready to share with Vietnam, he affirmed.
Similarto other countries around the world, COVID-19 has increased the number of Internetusers in Vietnam, and its increasing influence and presence in daily life opensup the opportunity for cybercriminals to operate, he said.
Kasperskyhas cooperated with the Vietnamese Government for many years, with the aim of protectingthe country from cyber crime and helping it build national network securitycapacity.
TheRussian company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Authority of Information Security (AIS) in 2018 and another with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)in 2019, he said.
Vietnam isimplementing a national campaign to review and remove malware nationwide, and hebelieves this is a great example of how public and private organisations canwork together to create a more secure cyberspace.
The Vietnamese Government has worked with a number of private partners,including Kaspersky, he went on, and the company believes that through cooperationthe two sides will achieve the goals of the campaign to reduce malwareinfections and the number of IP addresses in tenpopular botnet networks in Vietnam.
Regarding the potential of Vietnam and Kaspersky’sprospects for cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation, Neumeier said Vietnam is a key marketin the Asia-Pacific region.
The popularity of the Internet in Vietnam is growing and will continueto do so over the next few years, he said, while the Vietnamese Government isalso actively promoting digitalisation and the fourth Industrial Revolution in parallel withefforts to raise awareness of cyber security in the country.
Kasperskyconsiders Vietnam a regional cyber security centre and is honoured toparticipate in its campaigns to create a secure cyber space at an organised andnational level, he affirmed./.
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