Affirming Vietnam's strong commitment
In mid-September, the International Telecommunication Union - ITU announced the results of the Global Cybersecurity Index - GCI 2024. Accordingly, in this 5th assessment, Vietnam is in the group of 46 leading countries - countries with a total score of over 95 to 100, along with many developed countries such as the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy... ITU commented that this is a group of 'exemplary' countries demonstrating strong commitment and efforts to ensure cyber security.
The ITU report also shows that, with a total score of 99.74/100, Vietnam ranked 17th with Spain because of the same total score, behind 16 other countries, including 13 countries with the same absolute score of 100/100 and 3 countries: the US, Portugal, Singapore all with a total score of 99.86.
Notably, along with maintaining a score of 20/20 in the two pillars of law and cooperation, this year Vietnam also had two other pillars, technical and organizational, achieving absolute scores, while the score of the capacity building pillar was 19.74.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Vietnam ranks 4th out of 11 countries in the region listed in the leading group of countries in the GCI 2024. In the ASEAN bloc, Vietnam ranks 3rd, just behind Indonesia and Singapore. Thus, compared to the GCI 2020 announced in 2021, Vietnam has increased 8 places globally and increased 1 place in the ASEAN bloc.
Commenting on Vietnam's impressive results, Mr. Ngo Tuan Anh, Vice President of Vietnam Information Security Association - VNISA, Chairman of SCS Company said: The assessment results of ITU this time show Vietnam's recent efforts in ensuring information safety and security and responding to cyber security threats.
“This effort is not just a matter of a few days but a whole process. At the same time, GCI 2024 also shows that the interest and investment in the field of network information security in Vietnam has achieved remarkable results,” Mr. Ngo Tuan Anh shared.
Emphasizing that network safety and security are common concerns of those working in the telecommunications and Internet sector, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Internet Association Vu The Binh said: Being ranked in the leading group shows the international organization's recognition of Vietnam's commitments in the field of network safety and security.
To prove his opinion, Mr. Vu The Binh analyzed: “In reality, in Vietnam, in the past 4-5 years, cyber security and safety have received a lot of attention from state management agencies to organizations, businesses, and even people. Legal regulations have been built and perfected, and activities related to this field have also increased. Certainly, both the awareness and actions of many parties in Vietnam have been much better than when the GCI 2020 report was conducted.”
From the perspective of an expert with more than 20 years of experience in the field of information security, VSEC Chairman Truong Duc Luong commented: At the national level, with a near-perfect score, it can be affirmed that Vietnam's commitment to maintaining and ensuring information security is very strong and courageous, especially when looking at the GCI 2024, there are many countries with a much higher per capita income than Vietnam but ranked below us.
Towards the goal of autonomy in network safety and security
Analyzing more closely the factors that have helped Vietnam continue to be highly appreciated by ITU in terms of cybersecurity, Mr. Truong Duc Luong said that Vietnam's commitment to this field is realized by a series of actions from the highest levels of the Party and State, the first of which is the birth of Resolution 30 of the Politburo on the national cybersecurity strategy (2018); followed by two important laws including the Law on Network Information Security (2015) and the Law on Cyber Security (2018), with many provisions shaping the management, guidance and cooperation on cybersecurity.
Many regulations have been issued and implemented by Vietnam such as ensuring information system security at all levels, clearly defining areas of national critical infrastructure, protecting personal data... These are also highly appreciated regulations in the legal pillars of GCI 2024.
On the other hand, Vietnam also has in-depth technical regulations, especially the long-standing presence of VNCERT (now VNCERT/CC) as the focal point for coordinating national emergency response and then the National Cyber Security Monitoring Center - NCSC with the role of monitoring the entire cyberspace. In addition, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense also have monitoring centers for national critical infrastructure organizations.
“When the above units are actually operating, they will be a solid shield for the country to identify and coordinate large-scale response resources to cyber attacks. These are very important contents in the GCI 2024 and also help us achieve high scores, approaching the maximum score, ” said Mr. Truong Duc Luong.
However, VSEC representative also noted that along with a strong commitment to ensuring network safety and security, in general, agencies and organizations face challenges in implementation, including increased costs such as compliance costs, training costs, and technology costs.
According to Mr. Ngo Tuan Anh, the key point for Vietnam to increase 8 more levels in the GCI assessment is the change in thinking and awareness of the importance of cyber safety and security to national prosperity and safety, thereby creating better policies, legal corridors and investments for this field in Vietnam in recent years.
Sharing his views on the contents that need to be focused on in the coming time so that Vietnam can realize its vision of becoming a self-reliant nation in terms of cyber security and safety to protect the country's prosperity in cyberspace, Mr. Ngo Tuan Anh said: In addition to continuing to update and perfect the legal corridor on information security and safety, Vietnam also needs to pay attention to building and making information security and safety standards mandatory, not only for national infrastructure systems and digital platforms, but also as standards for Internet services provided to the people.
“To be self-sufficient in cybersecurity, businesses are needed. Therefore, it is necessary to prioritize choosing Vietnamese cybersecurity businesses with the capacity to provide products and services; creating a market for Vietnamese cybersecurity businesses to develop and make breakthroughs,” Mr. Ngo Tuan Anh emphasized.
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