Ensuring network security and information security to serve socio-economic development
(Baonghean.vn) In 2006, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee issued Directive 31/CT-UBND on strengthening network safety and information security in postal and telecommunications (BCVT) and Internet activities in the province. On the occasion of summarizing 5 years of implementing the Directive, Nghe An Newspaper reporter had an interview with Mr. Ho Quang Thanh, Director of Nghe An Department of Information and Communications.
(Baonghean.vn) In 2006, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee issued Directive 31/CT-UBND on strengthening network safety and information security in postal and telecommunications (BCVT) and Internet activities in the province. On the occasion of summarizing 5 years of implementing the Directive, Nghe An Newspaper reporter had an interview with Mr. Ho Quang Thanh, Director of Nghe An Department of Information and Communications.
PV: Could you please tell us about the implementation process of Directive 31/2006/CT-UBND of Nghe An province?
Mr. Ho Quang Thanh:Directive No. 31/2006/CT-UBND was promptly issued by the Provincial People's Committee to strengthen the work of ensuring network safety and information security in the activities of the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Internet. It clearly states specific tasks and responsibilities for each level and sector in ensuring information security.
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Over the past 5 years, the Information and Communications sector has proactively coordinated with all levels and sectors to promote propaganda and dissemination of legal regulations, awareness and responsibility in protecting network safety and information security in telecommunications and Internet activities to all classes of people. Organize campaigns to protect information networks; sign commitments to protect telecommunications works with villages, hamlets, families and schools to raise awareness of responsibility of individuals and groups towards telecommunications networks; mobilize people to denounce and fight against criminals who steal and consume telecommunications cables to ensure smooth communication, serving socio-economic development and national defense and security in the area.
The sector has also strengthened the direction and guidance of BCVT enterprises and the People's Committees of districts to develop telecommunications and IT infrastructure in accordance with the sector's plans and planning; established inspection teams to periodically inspect BCVT and Internet activities to detect violations, strictly handle and promptly correct violating units and individuals. Sectors: police, post offices, enterprises, and localities actively coordinate to ensure good network safety and information security in BCVT and Internet activities.
PV: How do you evaluate the effectiveness after 5 years of implementing Directive 31/2006/CT-UBND?
Mr. Ho Quang Thanh: First of all, the state management work has been strengthened closely, making the public Internet service business activities develop and become more orderly. People's awareness of ensuring network safety and information security has been raised; many violations causing network insecurity have been discovered and reported by people; all levels and sectors have actively participated; closely coordinated, especially in the fight against crimes in the field of telecommunications and the Internet. From the beginning of 2011 to now, the police force has verified and investigated 35 cases, arrested and handled 39 subjects who cut and stole communication lines; arrested and handled 3 Chinese subjects who took advantage of prepaid mobile subscription services and the Internet and high-tech means to withdraw money through bank ATM cards; discovered 1,171 prohibited documents transported by post...
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Thanks to timely detection and handling of criminal activities related to network safety and information security in the activities of the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Internet, the information and communication network in recent times has been ensured to be smooth, effectively serving the direction and operation work; actively serving the people's lives, especially those of people in mountainous districts, remote areas; limiting damage caused by natural disasters; actively contributing to socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security for the province...
PV: Faced with many challenges in ensuring network safety and information security, what specific solutions has the industry had to respond, sir?
Mr. Ho Quang Thanh: In the current situation, to ensure information security in the activities of the BCVT and Internet, the industry will strengthen coordination with management agencies, enterprises, and localities to specify the implementation of CT31/2006/CT-UBND such as: Strengthening the dissemination of laws to all classes of people, cadres, and party members; raising awareness of protecting the information network in the area. Completing the staff, especially the network protection staff, with strong political qualities and professional qualifications to meet the requirements of the task in the current situation. Regularly exchanging information, reporting on plots and tricks of enemies and criminals taking advantage of the BCVT network so that all organizations and individuals have plans to prevent and respond promptly when there are acts of infringement on the network's operations, ensuring information security; Local authorities strictly manage scrap purchasing points in the locality to prevent acts of assisting criminals. Strictly manage agents operating in the Internet business, selling SIM cards and prepaid mobile phone cards, prevent the use of prepaid SIM cards and cards for harassment by mobile phones, proactively develop action plans when there are situations of violence, riots that disrupt social order and safety, and violate national security...
PV: Thank you!
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