INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, November 4
The government has said National Cyber Security Monitoring Centre, established three months ago on July 3, has started
working effectively to alert the government bodies concerned about possible cyber security threats.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology, issuing a press release today, said the NCSMC had been continuously monitoring the gateway router of the government
It further said it had been monitoring the government official DNS servers, firewall application, government official mail server, protocol
request, source IP address and various electronic services hosted through government integrated data centre.
The NCSMC was established with
the aim of closely monitoring and foiling possible cyber attacks and increasing cyber security of government agencies
It is an authorised body for observing the government important sites, web applications and services.
The press release has sought nine
points for enhancing cyber security in the country
It has also asked Information Technology Emergency Response Group under MoCIT to complete homework for the country to join the Asia Pacific
Computer Emergency Response Team , an organisation that helps create safe and reliable cyber space in the Asia Pacific Region by next year
The ministry has also asked government bodies concerned to start working to formulate cyber security rules of government bodies as per their
Furthermore, the ministry is also planning to appoint at least one cyber communication officer at each and every government office.
The
press release states that the government should now establish a national cyber forensic centre to promote NCSMC as one of the world-class
organisations.
Similarly, the ministry has proposed to build a Cyber Disaster Recovery Centre to retrieve important government documents and
information that get destroyed or corrupted for some reasons
It further states that necessary regulations should be formulated to purchase advanced electronic devices from abroad in a bid to enhance
cyber security system.
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