DHAKA, Aug 9, 2023 (BSS) - A review meeting on the important activities undertaken by the Critical Information Infrastructures (CII) to strengthen cyber security was held at the meeting room of the Information and Communication Technology Division here today.

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak presided over it, an official release said.

In the meeting, various cyber security issues of important information infrastructures, development of manpower structure in ICT, increasing allocation in ICT sector, conducting regular IT audits and formation of Security Operation Center (SOC) as well as Network Operation Center (NOC) were discussed in detail, the release added.

Besides, considering the volume of data and data security, it was decided to declare five more government institutions as important information infrastructure (Guruttopurno Tottho Porikathamo).

A decision was taken to organize a special meeting on cyber security in the Cabinet Division with the participation of the heads of CII institutions.

In the meeting, Palak said that the use of pirated software creates a risk of data theft of organizations through backdoors and other cyber security issues.

He urged all concerned of critical information infrastructure and other organizations not to use pirated software and encouraged everyone to use genuine or licensed software.