Dr Pichet Durongkaveroj, the Minister for Digital Economy and Society, revealed after chairing the inauguration of the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre (AJCCBC) that the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES), on behalf of Thailand, had been designated as the constituent of the AJCCBC by the assembly of the ASEAN-Japan Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers Meeting (TELMIN+Japan) held in Cambodia last year. The Ministry allotted the operation to the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (Public Organization) or ETDA, considering that ETDA is constantly experienced in cybersecurity personnel development. The AJCCBC is sponsored by Japan, both technically and monetarily, ensuring efficient training for the ASEAN member states.<\/p>\n In the meantime, ASEAN is highly emphasizing cybersecurity, since \u201cInformation Security and Assurance\u201d has evidently been specified as one of the eight strategic thrusts in the ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2020, which promotes collaboration among CERTs, data governance, and identification and protection of Critical Information Infrastructures. Furthermore, ASEAN has concluded the ASEAN Cybersecurity Cooperation Strategy, indicating international co-operation within ASEAN to enhance cybersecurity capacity, as well as collaboration with dialogue partners and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n \u201cLikewise, Japan prioritizes cybersecurity, by facilitating the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Policy Meeting, a collaborative platform for ASEAN and Japan,\u201d reported Dr Durongkaveroj. \u201cThroughout eleven years, the Meeting has yielded numerous significant synergic achievements such as CIIP Guideline production, and regular Cyber Exercises and Table Top Exercises on the ASEAN-Japan level, as well as cyberthreat information exchange and mutual public relations in order to raise awareness of cybersecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n While ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2020 is reaching the ultimate phase, ASEAN ought to progress quickly and wisely from next year onward. This huge leap of ASEAN Digital Agility consists of five aspects:<\/p>\n The AJCCBC will become the infrastructure for enhancing ASEAN\u2019s cybersecurity capacity and the epitome of invincible interrelationships between Japan and ASEAN.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/a>Moreover, Japan has consistently demonstrated that cybersecurity personnel development is of great importance by providing constant trainings, including techniques, standards, and policy. Japan spent one year on a feasibility study of founding the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre and ASEAN has consequently responded in favor of Japan by designating Thailand as the location of this Centre at the ASEAN-Japan Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers Meeting (TELMIN+Japan) on December 1st<\/sup>, 2017 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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