Making global e-commerce safer, CyberSecurity Malaysia now chair of WTA ComputerWorld Malaysia (11 Feb 2014) cybersecurity.my/en/media_centre/media_coverage/2014/main/detail/2371/index.html #ThrowBackNews #WeekendReading Malaysias national security specialist agency CyberSecurity Malaysia has been elected as the 2014 Chair of the Trustmark Alliance (WTA) and will help to drive initiatives to make the e-commerce environment safer, it said. CyberSecurity Malaysia chief executive officer Dr Amirudin Abdul Wahab is now the chairman of WTA, which currently comprises 37 members from 30 countries, including Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, USA, Germany, France, Mexico, Thailand, Korea, Singapore, Philippines, China and Vietnam. Dr Amirudin thanked the WTA members for selecting CyberSecurity Malaysia. [In addition] I am pleased to accept this appointment on behalf of CyberSecurity Malaysias MTPS [Malaysia Trustmark for Private Sector Programme]. This clearly demonstrates WTA members recognition of CyberSecurity Malaysias professionalism and contribution to WTA since 2011. CyberSecurity Malaysia became a member of the WTA on 30th of November 2011, after being appointed by the Malaysian Government to operate the MTPS a year earlier, he said. There is tremendous growth potential for e-business both globally and locally, said Dr Amirudin. E-business is expected to positively and strongly contribute to the Malaysian economy especially in terms of creating jobs and revitalizing various sectors -- such as the manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and postal services. However, the e-business industry is prone to problems such as credit card frauds, fraudulent e-business merchants, phishing sites, and hackers attacks on e-commerce websites. Those security and trust issues prompted the Government to implement a programme to promote greater trust and confidence in e-business in Malaysia, where e-business entities could be assessed and certified for legitimacy and cyber security, he said.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 22:00:00 +0000
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