Responding to the national “2024 China Cybersecurity Week” which is being held from Monday to Sunday in Guangdong’s city of Nansha, the Macau Cybersecurity Incident Alert and Response Centre (CARIC) and the Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP) organised the “2024 China Cybersecurity Week - Macau sub-forum” yesterday and today at the World Trade Centre Macau in Zape.
The forum featured experts and scholars delivering lectures on a range of cybersecurity and personal data protection topics, spanning digital transformation, risk management, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, software development, incident response, data security, and personal data protection. The audience of 380 included critical infrastructure operators and professionals from relevant local industries.
Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Sit Chong Meng said in his speech during the forum’s opening ceremony yesterday morning that with the development of digitisation, networking, and AI, cybersecurity threats and risks are becoming increasingly complex and variable, underscoring the unprecedented importance of cybersecurity for national security and social development.
Sit noted that cyber attacks, network data leaks, cyber fraud, and other cyber crimes pose serious threats to national security, social stability, and the public interest. He emphasised the necessity to enhance cybersecurity cooperation with the mainland and neighbouring regions, strengthen control over critical risk areas, and protect the public interest in the forthcoming phase of cybersecurity efforts in Macau.
Sit also pointed out that effectively safeguarding cybersecurity not only requires government action but also relies heavily on the support and proactive cooperation of various sectors of society and the general public. He underscored the importance of collectively enhancing the cybersecurity resilience of the local society, building and sharing an environment conducive to safeguarding national security in order to safeguard economic and social development under high-level security protection.
To this end, Sit said he hoped that by organising cybersecurity forums, deeper exchanges and cooperation between Macau’s cybersecurity systems and neighbouring regions can be facilitated. He underlined that governments and the cybersecurity sector across different regions will continue to work together to strengthen cybersecurity defences, supporting the steady progress of building a strong cyber nation.
Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Sit Chong Meng delivers a speech during yesterday’s opening ceremony of the “2024 China Cybersecurity Week - Macau sub-forum” at the Lotus Room of the World Trade Centre Macau in Zape. – Photo: GCS
