14 DAY TRIAL // After the recent series of hacker attacks, which are said to have impacted around 500 sites, Sri Lankan authorities have come to realize the importance of properly securing government websites.
According to Colombo Page, the Sri Lanka Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) will hold a series of seminars and awareness programs to teach the administrators of government sites how to protect them against cyberattacks.
The seminars, conducted by the country’s Computer Emergency Response Team (SLCERT), will focus not only on the protection of state-owned websites, but they will also include the private sector, to teach companies how to protect sensitive information.
In addition, the program will also aim at teaching administrators on how to respond to cyberattacks.
The most noteworthy attacks against Sri Lanka are the ones that targeted the Media Center for National Security, the Board of Investment, the Ports Authority, the High Commission of Maldives and the site of the Sports Minister.