What is Cyber security ? Cyber security management in Pakisten


Cybersecurity

cybersecurity is the collection of security concept, tool, security safeguards, policies, gamble management approach and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment, organization and users assets include connected computing devices, service
telecommunication systems, and the totality of transmitted and /or stored information in the cyber environment.

 The entire gamut of cybersecurity means protecting, detecting and responding to attacks directed against computers and servers storing private and official records; cell phones; personal computers intelligent system controlling the means of travel like car engines and airplane navigation systems, credit cards and online electronic shopping stores.

 Cyber-attacks

Cyber-attack can result in long downtimes that can momentarily or for long-term disrupt the decision making loop.there are major disruptions that can be caused crashing of servers or loss of huge amounts of data. minor irritations like the defacement of official and private websites.
Types of common cyber-attacks are 

  1. Phishing and spear-phishing attacks.
  2. Drive-by attack.
  3. Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.
  4. Password attack.
  5. Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
  6. Eavesdropping attack
  7. SQL injection attack.

.Cyber -attacks can cause not only physical damage, psychological trauma, and financial losses and acute of faith in a system.it can cause panic among the people, paralysis at the highest echelons of decision-making and collapse of the system.

Cybersecurity in Pakistan

Pakistan is one of the most cyber spied upon the country in the world. It is not India alone that wages a strong cyber offensive against Pakistan, many other countries are also using cyber means to siphon off critical data. The united states are among the countries that actively and regularly spy upon PakistanWith Cyberattacks affecting top companies in the country, it comes as no surprise that Pakistan is ranked among the lowest countries in terms of Cybersecurity.
 According to a study conducted by ComparitechPakistan was ranked 7th in terms of the countries with the worst cybersecurity. The study collected data from various sources including Kaspersky and the Global Strategies Index.


         

The institute on  National Centre because Cyber Security (NCCS) has been commenced by Government over Pakistan within June 2018. The NCCS task is a league initiative over the Higher Education Commission (HEC) or Planning Commission. The Centre constitutes  Research then Development (R&D) Labs in renowned universities regarding Pakistan who have been shortlisted since the begin call for proposals taken with the aid of HEC within early 2018. After meticulous scrutiny in twins rounds over evaluation, technical proposals beside 11 universities regarding Pakistan had been shortlisted. These universities were attached to the injunction after set up NCCS affiliated Labs between extraordinary specialized areas regarding cyber protection below the clerkship of center. It is an honor because of Air University up to the expectation that is entrusted with the repute about the NCCS Secretariat of addition in accordance with the couple affiliated labs among the area regarding Cyber Crime Forensics and Smart Devices and Networks Security.
There are clearly identifiable hurdled in establishing a meaningful cybersecurity architecture in Pakistan e.g, there is no central authority to coordinate on cybersecurity matters and advise the prime minister Imran Khan on emerging cyber threats.there is a playable lack of awareness within the policymaking circles. Apart from the cybercrime bill, there is no clear-cut policy on the subject of cybersecurity.there are no CERT-PAK and no funds allocated for cybersecurity purposes.

Recommendations

Pakistan has a very huge and talented human resource.some of the best IT graduate is being produced in a university like NUST and FAST-NU.the only thing that we lack is direction and policy and that is not possible without good cyber managers and planners. The following steps are advice for effectively managing cyberspace in Pakistan.

1.a cyber-taskforce under the NSC is another important step. the mandate of the CTF should include issuing policy guidelines on cybersecurity.

2.cyber fund should be allocated in the national budget and the proper utilization must also be ensured by the national cybersecurity coordinator.

3. A cybersecurity debate in the parliament may help set up a long term plan.it would be a good idea for political parties to have cybersecurity issue included in their election manifestos.

4. A national CERT should be established and asked to practice cyber emergency on a regular basis.

5.pakistan universities should group together for the promotion of cybersecurity awareness under the umbrella of HEC.

DEVOTED CYBERCRIME LAWS OF PAKISTAN
For maintaining the integrity of data and confidentiality, Pakistan needs to make serious efforts to establish a national computer emergency response team, national cyber coordination center, and sectoral CERTs, the government needs to come up with ideas to develop successful collaboration between sectoral and national CERTs.Government universities and the private sector can organize a white-hat hackers marathon to raise a force for a robust cyber defense.

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