A cybersecurity audit will be conducted on the 175 government websites considered "not secure", which experts warned could lead to personal data breaches and other cybersecurity risks.
This was stated by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairperson Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek (above) when asked about an examination finding by Malaysiakini between late May and early July.
"With regard to the 175 websites, we have advised the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) to work closely with CyberSecurity Malaysia to have a cybersecurity audit to look for gaps," he said.
"If there is any shortfall, improvement can be made. It's an ongoing process," Fadhlullah added.
On Monday, Malaysiakini reported that at least 175 government websites out of 700 were not secure. Websites are identified as “not secure” when the URL begins with “http” instead of “https”.
The HTTP websites include the National Palace, Defence Ministry and the Covid-19 Malaysia monitoring site.
Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, who also attended the virtual press conference, said the government has decided to make concerted efforts to tighten cybersecurity.
"I brought this issue up at the weekly meeting of the cabinet, but not directly on the report by Malaysiakini. I brought an overall report on the cybersecurity status in Malaysia, which is normal for us to report to the cabinet.
"The cabinet has decided that we will have a more systematic cybersecurity command centre with the National Security Council as the secretariat. The command centre will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob," he said.
Among the top 10 in the world
Saifuddin added: "(Currently) the police and military have their own outfit (dealing with cybersecurity) and we have CyberSecurity Malaysia and MCMC. What the NSC has is the National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa).
"I would say that (we need) an enhanced command centre. We have been looking at cybersecurity on a daily basis, monitoring issues and prospective attacks within and outside the country.
"I can say our cybersecurity is stable. We are among the top 10 countries in the world that are considered prepared as far as our cybersecurity strength is concerned." - Mkini
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