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Subject: [ISN] 'Malaysia needs to produce own cyber security software'
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-12-29 6:37:58
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1112290037430.14779 () infosecnews ! org
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BorneoPost Online
December 29, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia needs to produce its own cyber information
security software as depending on foreign software may risk information
leaks and intelligence breaches, said a software expert here yesterday.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Computer Science and Information
Technology Faculty dean Prof Dr Ramlan Mahmod said infiltration could
happen covertly as currently there was a lack of understanding on source
code logic streams used by foreign software.
"At the moment, there is no software capable of checking the source code
of software to ensure the software used is confirmed safe.
"For the realisation of this information technology, the country needs
to acquire ‘technical knowhow' in information security and expertise in
various fields such as computer science, mathematics and engineering,"
he told Bernama.
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