Act will beef up data security and ensure privacy


PETALING JAYA: Data governance, security and privacy will become more secure on the back of a slew of cybersecurity and data protection laws that has been legislated and those that are in the pipeline.

The Cyber Security Act has been gazetted, the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) has been amended and another legislation dubbed the Omnibus Bill, which will facilitate data sharing and cloud storage among government agencies, is in the pipeline.

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