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IT Security Programme Launched Courtesy
of Brudirect.com By
Helena M. Mahathir
Present as guest of
honour to officially launch the seminar was Dato Paduka Haji Sulaiman bin
Haji Ismail, Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office. Prior to the launching,
opening remarks were given by Dr Awang Azaharaini Hj Mohd Jamil, Director of Civil
Service Institute, who said that the IT Security Awareness Training programme
was a starting point in the institute's effort to provide systematic courses
to relevant parties that play important roles in ICT application in the
government administration. He also highlighted the
importance of those in management to understand information safety and
possess the knowledge of the best ways of protecting it as welI as the steps
to take in case of any intrusions to information systems that have been set
up. IT professionals and
end-users play their own role in protecting the safety of IT infrastructure
and information, he added. The IT Security
Awareness Training programme is among the IT courses that have been planned
by the institute as part of its responsibility to carry out IT training
programmes to realise the vision of Egovernment, BIT Council and the Civil
Service Institute. A total of $2.5 million
has been allocated in the span of five years to perform ICT training. To
date, the Civil Service Institute has carried out more than 30 types of ICT
training that involved more than 2,000 officers and staff from the civil
service. Starting this month, the
Civil Service Institute will increase its training activities in full swing
following the completion of its PMOnet infrastructure development, and the
institute now has four computer laboratories complete with the latest
computer technology. It will also continue
sourcing out trainings carried out through private IT training schools as a
means of involving the private sector in ICT training, thus playing its role
in supporting the government's efforts of strengthening the development of
SMEs in the country. The institute also plans
to carry out research on the success and achievement of ICT in ministries and
government departments in terms. of human resource, facilities and ICT
training. The Director of the
Civil Service Institute hoped that the ministries and government departments
involved in the research would give their full support and cooperation in
providing the needed information. During the launching
ceremony, a seminar on IT Security Awareness was conducted for the guests by
Shamsul Bahri Hj Kamis, CEO of ITPSS Pte. Ltd. This was followed by a tour of
an IT Security exhibition, which marked the end of the ceremony. --
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