Sustainable development not possible without cyber security: DG FIA

Islamabad: Sustainable development was not possible without cyber security in any country so all institutions needed to work together for inclusive response to cyber attacks, said Federal Investigation Agency director general Dr. Sanaullah Abbasi said on Tuesday.  

The FIA chief was addressing a seminar held at the FIA headquarters Islamabad regarding “Prevention of cyber-attacks”.

Cyber security experts from Academia, renowned institutions and officials of Cyber Crime Wing were in attendance.

Abbasi said: "It is high time to understand the severity/nature of the cyber security and the cyber-attacks. For this reason, we need to join our efforts at National as well as International level to prevent such problems coming ahead."

"The Cybercrime Wing of FIA is already playing its vital role with meager resources, however, we need to prepare more for mitigating these kind of crimes in future."

The FIA chief emphasized the need to work together by all relevant stakeholders in public and private sector to secure the country’s infrastructure and to adopt best practices in this regard.

He stressed that there could be no sustainable development without cyber security.

In first session of the seminar, panel discussion regarding prevention of cyber attacks with the Cyber Security Experts from Academia and officials of Cyber Crime Wing was held . The Director National Center of Cyber Security (NCCS) Dr. Kashif Kafayat,          

Dr Haider Abbas Director NCSAEL – NUST, Ammar Jaffri Director General, Center of Information Technology (CIT ), Dr. Imran  – Military College of Signals (MCS), Dr. Ghulam Mustafa PIEAS were part of the discussion.

Subsequent to the Expert Group Panel Discussion, a conference on “Prevention of cyber-attacks” was also held under the Chairmanship of Honorable Director General FIA Dr. Sanaullah Abbasi. 

The cyber experts enlightened the importance of cyber security measures and emphasis to adopt these measures on national, organizational and individual level to cater the issue of cyber attacks at large. 

It was highlighted that the international standards need to be applied with respect to cyber security policy and management.