[ISN] 'Malaysia needs to produce own cyber security software'

http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/12/29/msia-needs-to-produce-own-cyber-security-software/

BorneoPost Online
December 29, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia needs to produce its own cyber information 
security software as depending on foreign software may risk information 
leaks and intelligence breaches, said a software expert here yesterday.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Computer Science and Information 
Technology Faculty dean Prof Dr Ramlan Mahmod said infiltration could 
happen covertly as currently there was a lack of understanding on source 
code logic streams used by foreign software.

“At the moment, there is no software capable of checking the source code 
of software to ensure the software used is confirmed safe.

“For the realisation of this information technology, the country needs 
to acquire ‘technical knowhow’ in information security and expertise in 
various fields such as computer science, mathematics and engineering,” 
he told Bernama.

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