NBTC organizes training on “Upgrading government personnel” to deal with cyber-hacker attacks To international standards, experts point out that hackers target ordinary users more than the IT department. Release virus link – penetrate the system to demand ransom
On February 22, at Centra by Centara Hotel, Government Center and Convention Center Chaengwattana Police Major General Amorn Chomchey The secretary-general of the National Cybersecurity Committee (NASC) presided over the opening ceremony of the exercise.Workshops on activities to develop the capabilities of operators according to international standards cyber security In the government personnel skill upgrading project to meet the needs of the country Between 22-24 February 2023, along with special lectures on the mission and roles of the NHA, with 50 government personnel representatives participating in the training.
Pol. Gen. Amorn said that this training has representatives from government personnel working in many IT agencies. Therefore, in addition to enhancing personal knowledge There is also the hope to create a common network to promote cyber security, exchange information and solve problems among each other. Because government agencies have a large amount of public information. Therefore, we must prevent the leakage of information. By enhancing security such as Web API Security because the government must support data from a large number of people. There is a cloud application system, so it must be secure. Minimize vulnerabilities. along with creating more credibility
Pol. Gen. Amorn said that NBTC is an organization under the Cyber Security Act of 2019. Has a vision to be a leader in driving the country’s cybersecurity management in all dimensions, such as preventing cyber threats from hackers, preventing people from being deceived from online systems Including maintaining the information of the public according to Personal Data Protection Act 2019 or PDPA. At present, cyber threats are divided into groups that have not been hacked. that has been hacked and being repeatedly hacked The agency must have a contingency plan when threatened. There is a way to get the system back to normal quickly and then need to analyze the data to find ways to prevent it from being hacked again.
Maj. Gen. Amorn said that the work of the NBTC in 2022 found a total of 551 threats affecting the country’s cybersecurity, but if counting until today, a total of 1 has passed. The most common problem is website hacking, up to 367 incidents. Therefore, the NHA has to take proactive measures, namely, notifying users if they find vulnerabilities. Notification of cyber news via official LINE account and conducting safety testing for various agencies In the past, 29 items have been implemented. The NBTC has a goal of creating a modern security architecture or Zero Trust that will answer wisdom questions.Ransomware (Ransomware) that hackers can access the system which we must create security starting from setting a password Our goal is to do Zero Trust Day to create knowledge and understanding of technology to be more widespread.
side Lt. Dr. Ake Osothong The trainer said that cybersecurity Happens in everything that is connected via the Internet. Involved at the individual, organization and national levels, cyber attacks range from application levels, OS systems, computers and networks (Networks), causing new security vulnerabilities every day. IT Knowledge must always be updated. In addition, knowledge must be transferred to the user level (Users) in the organization that is the main target of theft. Therefore, users must be aware.cyber thief At present we are divided into 3 groups. is 1. Hackers who just want to know, want to try, sometimes uses a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to disrupt the server (Server), causing the system to crash, which will affect a wide area If you fail for several days Therefore, most hackers target government systems. or large private 2. Crimes This group is made to call for money. We will call it a ransomware group (Ransomware) that penetrates computer systems, locks them, makes them unable to use them, and then demands a ransom by paying them with digital coins. in order not to know the culprit and 3. Cyber War Group (Cyber war), which is a national security breach.
“Cyber vulnerabilities can occur in every organization. Be it an individual level, government sector, private company or small organization. The important thing is The attack is not caused by the system itself. Because if the computer is dormant Therefore, most of them are caused by users who open those vulnerabilities, such as clicking on links that hide viruses or malware (Malware), so prevention is better than fixing. Many companies choose to invest in creating the security of their own systems, ”said Major Dr. Ake.
Lt. Col. Dr. Ake continued that for IT personnel of government agencies. Most of them already have specialized knowledge. But still need to update information all the time to know how to prevent before problems arise. and know how to fix the problem By this training, the NHA aims to increase the knowledge of government personnel. especially in compliance with international standards that will have proper guidelines to ensure that the work on the computer system is most secure Not just installing a virus detection system (Anti virus), but must be able to set up a hacker protection system. along with solutions for resolving issues in the event of a cyber attack Many organizations have invested in data recovery systems (Back up) that in the event of a hacker attack. able to retrieve the data and in the meantime find loopholes to close it to reduce the damage that occurs as much as possible
