The
government decided to set up a Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)
under Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) to counter cyber attacks, said
officials on Friday.
They
said the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division has
issued an order giving mandate to Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) CIRT
to act as Government Computer Incident Response Team under the titled
"BGD e-Gov CIRT.
"The
government is making its best efforts to establish national cyber
security incident management capabilities in Bangladesh as cyber crime
and cyber attacks have emerged as a threat to digitisation and IT
system," said Director of National Data Center Tarique M Barkatullah.
He said the BGD e-Gov CIRT will manage cyber security incidents in Bangladesh government network and related infrastructure.
The
BGD e-Gov CIRT will serve as a catalyst in organising national cyber
security resilience initiatives including education, workforce
competence, regulation, cyber exercises among various stakeholders,
Tarique said.
He
said the main objective of BGD e-Gov CIRT is to support the government
efforts to develop and amplify ICT programmes by establishing and
maintaining cyber security incident management capabilities within
environment of government of Bangladesh.
According
to BCC as per terms and conditions there will be one team leader along
with other members in the CIRT team from Leveraging ICT for Growth,
Employment and Governance (LICT) Project and BCC.
LICT
Project Director Md. Rezaul Karim said the CIRT will be accountable to
the Executive Director of BCC through the Director, Data Center of BCC.
The
BGD e-Gov CIRT will be made a regular set up of BCC after the project
competition as per rules and regulations thereof, he said, according to
BSS. - IH
Source: The Financial Express
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