Cyber defence team closer to online reality

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

http://online.hkstandard.com/today/default.asp?PageType=aho3

Zoe Chan

STORY: A COMPUTER emergency response team is to be set up to help
defend the SAR against cyber attacks.

According to the Deputy Secretary for Information Technology and
Broadcasting, Alan Siu Yu-bun, agreement has been reached in principle
to create the team. But, he said, it should not be operated by the
administration.

The Innovation and Technology Fund had earlier been asked to finance a
study on how a team should be formed and operated.

The basic mission would be to provide technical assistance to deal
with hackers and virus attacks.

Hong Kong had not suffered much from the recent spate of computer
virus attacks, Mr Siu said, ``but we cannot treat the matter
lightly.'' And after discussions with members of the information
industry, the government supported creating a response team.

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