ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Pakistan Foreign Office has decided to rope in the country’s top spy agency ISI against increasing cyber attacks on its website and servers. The decision comes after Foreign Office (FO) systems have faced three major attacks by hackers over the past 18 months. The FORead More →
KARARCH (TAHIR REPORT ) PakCert, an acronym for the Pakistan Computer Emergency Response Team, has been launched in Karachi to provide cyber security solutions to public, private and government organizations. PakCert intends to restart a national CERT program initiative. A project of Advanced Mission Sciences & Technologies (AMSAT), a divisionRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The banned outfit, Daish has excellent cyber network for speed, security and global linkages, criminals of today have complete understanding of internet and related technology, and that is the reason that cyber security has become important, former additional DG, FIA, Ammar Jaffrey says. Addressing aRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Cyber Crimes Bill (2015) became controversial earlier this year after a draft of the bill was made public. The law inherently shows poor understanding of social media norms and the real nature of cyber crime. Further discussion on the bill restarted last week, withRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The NSA has the greatest surveillance capabilities that we’ve ever seen in human history. What they will argue is that they don’t use this for nefarious purposes … That’s something like saying ‘I have a gun pointed at your head, but I’m not going toRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA ) The government proposed the creation of an independent agency to deal with cyber crime cases on Tuesday as it presented before parliament the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015. The draft bill was forwarded by the ministry of information technology. Some stiff financial penalties have been proposedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The participants of Pakistan Cyberspace Conference on 2nd day expressed their strong intentions to work collaboratively for bringing a transparent and effective legislation on Cyber Crimes. The second day of the conference began with the session on Cyber Crime Legislation in Pakistan: Progress and Problems whichRead More →
Pakistan Government devise a governance policy, which simultaneously addresses cyber security issues. Mushahid Saudi Arabia did not block Youtube, but it is blocked since last three years in Pakistan Cyberspace is an important topic and Pakistan is a major partner in the global society. Netherlands Ambassador ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORTRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Chairman of Senate Defence Committee, Senator Mushahid Hussain, has underlined the need for a cyber security strategy for Pakistan, since cyber warfare is an emerging security threat. He was giving a keynote speech at the launch of a book on Cyber Security by Dr TughralRead More →
KARACHI ( MEDIA ) With the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, which will be tabled in parliament soon, rights activists have stepped up efforts to finalise their recommendations for changes in the final draft. The aim of this legislation is to tackle the excesses committed under the (now defunct)Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) State Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication introduced the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 on Friday which refereed to concern committee. In an apparent move to accelerate the implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism, the government on Wednesday said it would dodgeRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) In an apparent move to accelerate the implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism, the government on Wednesday said it would dodge the undue delay and present National Cyber Security Bill in the National Assembly (NA) instead of waiting for the approval of the Cabinet.Read More →