MEDIA RELEASE
10 DECEMBER 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CYBERSECURITY MALAYSIA AND CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATION
AND COORDINATION CENTER OF PHILIPPINES ESTABLISHED
BILATERAL COOPERATION ON CYBER SECURITY
KUALA LUMPUR (13 DECEMBER 2016) – CyberSecurity Malaysia, an agency under the
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) on 8 December 2016 signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating
Center (CICC), an agency under the Department of Information and Communications
Technology (DICT), Philippines to kick-starting bilateral collaboration and cooperation in
reducing cyber security incidents.
The MoU was signed between Dato’ Dr. Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab, the Chief Executive
Officer, CyberSecurity Malaysia and Rodolfo A. Salalima, Secretary of Department of
Information and Communications Technology, Republic of the Philippines. The brief
ceremony took place in Manila during the launching of Philippines National Cybersecurity
Plan in conjunction with Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Summit 2016 organized for the public
sector in the effort to combat cybercrime.
The MoU serves to provide a framework for understanding and cooperation between the two
organizations for exchange of information on current threats and strategies to increase
effectiveness of cyber security incident response, to respond and mitigate cross-border
incidents, especially those that affect both countries and sharing of experiences and
knowledge to increase skill and expertise between both parties.
“As an agency in charge of securing the Malaysian’s cyberspace and with the exposure as
well as experiences, we will definitely have a lot to share with the Philippines in terms of
cyber security best practices.” said Dato’ Dr. Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab.