Shields up around Malaysia’s cyberspace


PETALING JAYA: Although cybersecurity incidents have been on a downward trend, the National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa) is continuously beefing up the cybersecurity defences of government infrastructure.

“According to statistics from Nacsa’s National Cyber Coordination and Command Centre (NC4), 4,378 incidents involving government agencies were recorded in 2022, compared with 1,633 incidents in 2023,” its chief executive Dr Megat Zuhairy Megat Tajuddin told The Star.

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