Brig-Gen Lu Mon, Deputy Minister for Transport and Communications said that government is implementing to establish a law on cyber security and a policy on cyber security to have cyber security in Myanmar, to response and protect cyber bullying and to raise awareness on cyber security.

He said these words at the 2nd Asean Digital Ministers’ Meeting (2nd ADGMIN) under the theme “Digital Transformation: The Engine for Asean Economic Recovery from Covid-19” held at the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Nay Pyi Taw on January 28.

He said Asean has laid down Asean cyber security cooperation paper 2021-2025. In order to implement that policy, we have to work to have a well-founded law in Myanmar. At present, we are drawing cyber security policy. Then only, we can work not only in our country but also with regional countries. Depending on the limitation caused by Covid-19, new normal trend has been occurred in world nations and shifted to online businesses, he continued. We have agreed to implement Asean cyber security cooperation strategy 2021 in this meeting. We have also formed Asean cyber emergency response team to solve the challenges quickly. 

He added that Myanmar has formed Myanmar Computer Emergency Response Team (MMCERT) and involve in the programmes for training and preventing of cyber-attacks together with neighboring countries, he added.

The first-day session of the meeting focused on approval for progress in implementation of the projects of the ICT sector in 2021, discussions and approval to implement the projects of the ASEAN Digital Senior Officials’ Meeting-ADGSOM and the ASEAN Telecommunication Regulators’ Council Meeting-ATRC, discussions on tasks done and to be done with dialogue partner countries, putting the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on record, and approval for the joint media statement of the second ministers’ meeting.