DHAKA, Aug 22, 2022 (BSS) - State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed
Palak today put emphasize on global efforts to ensure the cyber security,
saying that it's impossible for any single country to face the increasing
cyber threats.

"It's not possible by any single country to ensure cyber security. Effective
steps should be taken collectively through inter-country communications in
this regard," he said at a press conference at ICT Tower in the city's
Agargaon area.

Digital Security Agency of the ICT Division organized the press conference on
'emerging cyber threats at the national level in the global economic unstable
situation' at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) Auditorium at ICT Tower, said
a press release.

Palak said that the BGD e-GOV CIRT of the ICT Division is working to ensure
the country's cyber security and informing about the possible risk of global
cyber attack along with showing ways of being protected from that risk.

Due to undertaking various effective measures, he said, the country is moving
ahead in the global index of cyber security.

But the recent activities of hackers are a matter of concern that might put
banking and public and private financial institutions along with power supply
and transmission lines at risk, the state minister said.

Four prerequisites- creating awareness at individual level, providing
education at family and institutional level, building technological capacity
and applying existing laws strictly- should be ensured for keeping the cyber
space safe, he added.

Presided over by Senior Secretary of the ICT Division NM Zeaul Alam,
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Vice-Chairman
Subrata Roy Maitra, Digital Security Agency Director General Md Khairul Amin
and BGD e-GOV CIRT Director Tarique M Barkatullah, among others, spoke at the
press conference.