Govt to develop national cyber security defence

The government in collaboration with a global cyber security firm is going to develop a modern "National Cyber Defence and Cyber Security Doctrine" to fight the fast growing cybercrime, intellectual property theft, and industrial espionage or IT infrastructure abuse.

The World Bank financed Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) appointed a Norwegian cyber security consulting firm -- NRD Cyber Security (NRDCS) -- to develop a modern national cyber defence and cyber security doctrine, official sources said.

"The government is working to create conditions for businesses and citizens to be in a secure and non-toxic digital environment," said Executive Director of BCC SM Ashraful Islam yesterday.

"We have to protect our people, our IT services and infrastructure and that is why we have appointed an internationally reputed firm to develop a modern national cyber defence and cyber doctrine," said Ashraf.

BCC sources said as per the agreement, the NRDCS will establish a "National Computer Incidents Response Team (CIRT)" for Bangladesh in three stages: certified BCC CIRT, government/ministry CIRT and extended CIRT as de facto National CIRT.