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| Double Honours for IMPACT at (ISC)²’s Annual Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Program |
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International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) received double honours from (ISC)²’s fourth annual Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements (ISLA) Program for its efforts to build capacity against cyber threats among partner countries especially in the developing nations.
Mr. Philip Victor, Director, Training, Skills Development and Outreach, IMPACT has been selected as an Honouree in the Senior Information Security Professional category and the contribution of Mr. Sivanathan Subramaniam, Manager, GRC Profressional Services, IMPACT has been recognised in the Information Security Practitioner category.
The award giving ceremony will take place at the ISLA Gala Dinner and Ceremony on the evening of 26th July 2010, held at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia in Singapore.
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| CTO signs MOU with IMPACT for multilateral cooperation against cyber crimes |
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LONDON, 28th June 2010 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at promoting International cooperation on cybersecurity has been signed between the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) and the Malaysia-based International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT). The document, signed at the end of a two-day Cybersecurity Forum 2010 in London, paves the way for both organisations to work towards the facilitation of information flow and resources, capacity-building and the setting up of robust cybersecurity frameworks for protection against cyber crime.
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| Laureate 2010
Statement by His Excellency Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak,
Prime Minister of Malaysia |
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At the outset, allow me to take this opportunity to express my deepest appreciation to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), particularly the Secretary General of the ITU, H.E. Dr Hamadoun Touré and members of his team for holding this dignified event of tradition. I am truly honoured for being one of the recipients of the 2010 World Telecommunication and Information Society Award. I am humbled by this singular recognition of our efforts towards promoting ICT as a means to providing better life for our people.
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Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak,
Prime Minister of Malaysia |
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| Reaffirming a strong global cybersecurity partnership with IMPACT |
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IMPACT, represented by its Chairman, Datuk Mohd Noor Amin visited Dr. Hamadoun Touré the Secretary General of the ITU on the 19th March 2010.
The meeting was to strengthen current initiatives and to explore further collaboration with the ITU and the United Nations. |
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| IMPACT calls for cyber threat response acceleration |
| Alliance with (ISC)2® inked to foster greater cybersecurity collaboration |
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20th November: The International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) renewed its commitment towards partner countries today by calling for greater escalation to form in-country Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRT).
Mohd Noor Amin, Chairman, Management Board, IMPACT, said that this drive to step up in-country response time was overdue, in light of the number of glaring cyber threats, particularly targeted at emerging markets in Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.
“There is a need to promote national-level commitment for cybersecurity. With greater connectivity comes graver risks. The rate of IT infrastructure and broadband acceleration will require swift cybersecurity response teams, who can aptly overcome cyber threats that have the potential to cripple economies,” Mr. Amin said.
According to the Internet World Stats, as of 30th June, 2009, Asia Pacific boasted 42.2 per cent of the world’s Internet users; Africa hosted 3.9 per cent; and the Middle East laid claim to 2.9 per cent. During the World Economic Forum in Davos, experts called for a new system to tackle well-organised gangs of cybercriminals, claiming online theft costs US$1 trillion a year, and attacks continue to rise.
“Without the minimal level of cybersecurity infrastructures, response teams, compliances and policies in place, the potential damage from cyber threats by malicious attackers leveraging the Internet will be unimaginable.” Amin added.
IMPACT’s Global Response Centre (GRC) verifies this grim landscape. From 11th to 17th November 2009, more than 14 million computers globally were newly infected with bots – bots are software applications that run automated tasks over the Internet and are often associated with malicious intent. The Conficker bot had infected 210,000 new computers in that period. On 16thNovember 2009 alone, the GRC detected eight new malicious bot types.
Feeds coming into the GRC saw a 17 per cent spike from October 2009, as compared to this month. |
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| IMPACT boss warns of long struggle with cyber crime |
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Datuk Mohd Noor Amin, the Chairman of the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats, or IMPACT, has warned governments of the “long-term struggle” with cyber criminality and the need for international cooperation to fight it.
More states should look to set up dedicated agencies to mitigate the “growing dangers” of cyber threats, he said, and more should be done by governments to ensure that individual agencies “talk to one another” about cyber crime issues, including cyber warfare and cyber terrorism.
Datuk Amin praised Singapore, South Korea, Abu Dhabi and the United Kingdom for recently taking action to secure their cyber defences.
IMPACT was formed less than a year ago, and now counts 191 countries as member states, as well as partners in academia and the vendor community. The organisation also serves as the United Nations global cybersecurity unit.
Datuk Amin said that while it was not yet in IMPACT’s charter to solve disputes between countries engaged in cyber warfare, he did not discount the possibility of being “an arbiter” during cyber conflicts in the future |
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Datuk Mohd Noor Amin, Chairman of IMPACT |
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