MEDIA RELEASE
24 April 2014
ME-5-PRI-01-CERTAUSCSM-V1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
CROSS-BORDER CYBER CRIME
CYBERSECURITY MALAYSIA SEALED A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT AUSTRALIA)
(KUALA LUMPUR, 24 APRIL 2014) – CyberSecurity Malaysia, an agency under
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), recently signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian Government Computer
Emergency Response Team (CERT AUSTRALIA) to pave the way for more
collaboration in the area of cyber security for both countries. The MoU was signed in
March 2014 during the meeting attended by both parties.
The MoU is expected to greatly benefit both Malaysia and Australia by enhancing
bilateral relationship between them and assisting each other in mitigating cyber
threats, as both countries will be sharing information and technology knowledge in
ICT security such as reported incident, new threats and best practices against cyber
crime.
According to Dr. Amirudin Abdul Wahab, Chief Executive Officer of CyberSecurity
Malaysia, “We had successfully marked yet another significant milestone in making
cyberspace more reliable, dependable and trustworthy.” The MOU is an inaugural
bilateral effort of both parties on a framework for operational collaboration on cyber
security domain.