Chinese help to face cyber threats
In a move to boost cyber security, Sri Lanka reached an agreement with China to cooperate closely to face serious cyber threats and to share information on such threats in the future. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team Coordination Centre and Sri Lanka’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (a subsidiary of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka [ICTA]). Accordingly both parties agree to actively promote project cooperation and carry out technical cooperation and joint research in the field of network security, so as to create a harmonious and secure network environment regionally and globally. CERT|CC Chairman Earle Fernando said the MoU would help both countries to cooperate in ensuring cyber security because information networks have become important infrastructures in both China and Sri Lanka. “In recent years, increasing serious cyber-attacks brought severe challenges on information infrastructure of both