For better cybersecurity, ‘Thailand needs better cyber hygiene’

Team sport

The NCSA is currently working with several organisations, foreign and Thai, from both public and private sectors. “Since being established two years ago, we have signed 14 MoUs [memorandums of understanding], and many more are in the pipeline,” Teerawut said, adding that cybersecurity issues needed everyone’s help.

“The British said it needs a whole society approach, while Singapore said it’s a team sport,” he said.

If an organisation has a great security system, but there is one weak link, just one employee who lets malware in or gives out sensitive information, then the whole system becomes vulnerable, Teerawut explained.

The deputy also said on the SAS stage that when cooperating with foreign organisations, many different methods and issues would be proposed. The best thing to do is work on the common areas and keep the differences away initially.

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