Crest: Malaysian companies must take cyber security seriously

Signing of a MoU between Crest, UK, and Malaysia Crest Chapter. (From left): President of Crest Ian Glover, Bank Negara Malaysia's assistant governor Donald Joshua Jaganathan and Chairman of Crest's Malaysian Chapter Mohammed Fadzil Haron.

PETALING JAYA: Companies in Malaysia must take cyber security seriously amid new threats including the latest WannaCry ransomware, according to Crest Malaysian chapter chairman Mohammed Fadzil Haron.

“The perpetrators of WannaCry learnt to create it from leaked National Security Agency’s documents,” Fadzil said at the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UK-based Crest which is an accreditation body for the cyber security market here yesterday.