MIGHT, MSCA, and Cybersecurity Malaysia jointly hosted an interactive sharing session earlier today focused on Cybersecurity for Smart Cities and its functional solutions for ensuring secure digital infrastructure and user privacy. This session drew 135 participants from Government agencies, PBTs, MSCA members, academia, and industry. This session aim to create awareness on cyber security for smart cities as well as effective functional solutions for ensuring cyber security and user privacy in smart cities.In the welcoming remarks, YBrs. Dr. Raslan Ahmad, Chairman of MSCA, stresses the importance of Cybersecurity in ensuring the success of Smart Cities. He outlined MSCA’s goals and MIGHT’s strategic roles in creating a secure digital world. As a tool to coordinate Smart Cities development between government and industry players, he mentioned MIGHT initiatives in developing Smart Cities Standards via the GEF6 Smart Cities Development project. Followed next, opening remarks by YBhg. Dato’ Ts. Dr. Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO, Cybersecurity Malaysia highlighted on the disadvantages of Cybersecurity in the rapidly evolving technology for Smart Cities development. YBhg. Dato’ encourages everyone to increase cybersecurity initiatives to provide better security for citizens.The two-hour session was fruitful, with valuable inputs from distinguished speakers Mr. Norhamadi Ja’afar and Mr. Mohamad Anwer Mohamed Yusoff from Cybersecurity Malaysia.
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