Sunway University sets up lab on cybersecurity


Chew (sixth right), Lau (left), Wilkinson (fourth left) and Lee (fifth left) with guests at the launch of the Cyber Security Intelligence Lab.

GLOBALLY, it has been predicted that cybercrime will cost the world US$6 trillion (RM25.2 trillion) by 2021, doubling up from US$3 trillion (RM12.6 trillion) in 2015, according to an annual cybercrime report by Herjavec Group, a leading global information security advisory firm.

The world, therefore, needs the cybersecurity infrastructure and the best talents to protect them from potential threats. Unfortunately, in a 2018-2019 report, a shocking 53% of global survey respondents said they were facing a shortage of cybersecurity skills.

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