http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=43407 By Khalid Mustafa February 18, 2007 ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to counter cyber terrorism by installing hi-tech mechanism across the country. The decision to this effect was taken to counter threats being faced by Pakistan in the war on terror. Pakistan has witnessed a series of terror attacks recently. Due to this reason, most countries of the world have imposed travel advisory against Pakistan. It has affected the flow of investment to Pakistan, a senior government official told The News Saturday. The government has decided to initiate a project of national response centre for cyber crime worth Rs 181.429 million to counter such threats, he said. The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved the project, under which a national response centre for cyber crime will be set up in Islamabad with its regional offices in Karachi and Lahore under the control of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The project aims at effectively controlling cyber crime and overcoming issues like damage to data and electronic systems, electronic fraud and forgery, unauthorised access to codes and misuse of encryption, cyber stalking, spamming, spoofing, unauthorised interception and cyber terrorism. The project will also prevent use of cyber space for illegal and cyber crime activities. The centre will have a core of qualified computer experts to collect information from the site involved in cyber crime and to investigate events, record and exercise power to seize all suspect material and interrogate the events as quickly as possible. The centre will have a state-of-the-art digital forensic laboratory having facilities to retrieve and analyse computer data collected from the site of the crime and also to develop, preserve it as evidence to present it in a court of law. The proposed project is a part of the avowed cyber crime objectives of the governments overall policies to ensure public safety. The victims of all types of cyber crime will contact the centre for investigation and prosecution. The official said the project would enhance the capacity of government of Pakistan and Federal Investigation Agency to effectively prevent growing cyber crime. The project will also develop and maintain expertise for crime investigation involving modern technology. ______________________________________ Subscribe to the InfoSec News RSS Feed http://www.infosecnews.org/isn.rss
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