Zunaid Ahemd Palak Photo : Collected
Telecommunication and Information Technology Zunaid Ahemd Palak today said the government is working to strengthen digital security aiming to maintaining safeguard in protecting information and financial data.
"We are trying to maintain safeguard of our digital system along with enforcing strict law, maintaining coordination with Japan, USA and South Korea and keeping linkage with leading multinational companies", said the state minister.
The state minister said this while replying to a supplementary query raised by independent candidate Syed Saidul Huq MP of Hobiganj-4 during the question-answer session held at the Jatiya Sangsad here.
In the context of country's huge GDP size which is US$450 billion along with stable financial growth, per capita reached to US$2800 and huge transaction in digital platform and that's why our digital safety is very much necessary,
Palak told the parliament.
As part of our digital security, Palak said the country need to include digital literacy in the education curriculum as the curriculum would help to create awareness among the future generation from their childhood.
Citing the reserve scam of US$ 81 million from the central Bank in 2016, the state minister said stealing of this huge money has enabled the government to enact a new cyber security act and other security measures.
After materializing the digital system, the country has become heavily digitalized with launching over 52,000 websites, 2,500 services converted to digitalized, around 150,000 paperless files are being managed in 13,000 offices through electronic filing system and the country is ultimately proceeding to a cashless financial system.
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