The government plans to set up a new agency to marshal the nation’s resources in dealing with cyber-security issues, which it estimates cost the country $257 million last year, Communications Minister Amy Adams says.
Launching a new cyber-security strategy, Ms Adams said a key initiative of the update is to set up a national CERT – an institution for the public and private sectors to go to for help or information about protecting themselves from cyber-threats. Among the ways the government says it has beefed up the nation’s defences against cyber-attacks is through the Government Communications Security Bureau’s ‘Cortex’ project, which disrupts advanced cyber threats to organisations of national significance in both the public and the private sector. For the full article click here
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