Firms urged to invest more on cybersecurity


PETALING JAYA: With the recent payment gateway iPay88 data breach, experts are saying that it is high time that companies invested more to ensure systems are developed with security and privacy mechanism as part of the development process.

Cybersecurity expert Prof Dr Selvakumar Manickam of Universiti Sains Malaysia said companies should also invest in hiring white hats or ethical hackers to perform penetration tests and patch any “holes” found before launching the systems.

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