Tackling Cyberthreats, Championing Cyberpeace
Click here to access the ZDNetAsia article, published on July 5, 2010 by Vivian Yeo.
newsmaker SINGAPORE--Africa has been on Datuk Mohd. Noor Amin's mind of late, yet it has little to do with the ongoing FIFA World Cup tournament in the south.
Having been to the northern part of Africa recently to engage the public and private sectors on cybersecurity, the chairman of the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (Impact) is keenly aware of the continent's potential for technological progress and the challenges that accompany the developments.
The country, he noted, is at a turning point as submarine cabling is bringing massive capacity to the Internet. At the same time, African governments recognize IT as a very powerful medium to uplift the literacy and standard of living in their countries and therefore are very open to new technologies. However, if security is not in the picture, a lot more safe havens for cybercriminals could spawn in Africa and result in more Nigerian-type scams.
In an interview with ZDNet Asia last week, on the sidelines of a security conference organized by IDC, Amin spoke candidly about Impact's work in the last two years and his concerns over cyberwarfare.
