As computer systems have become fundamental to the daily functioning of businesses, organisations, governments and individuals, we have been compelled to put an implausible amount of trust in these systems.
As a result, despite being an amateur as far as computer literacy is concerned, we do not hesitate to preserve our valuable information in them. Thus, we may be victimised by the cyber criminals at any moment and that is why information revolution is often termed as a double-edged sword.
Reportedly, more than 80 million people in Bangladesh currently use internet, so cyber threats may become pervasive in individuals just because of a lack in capacity of handling such threats. Considering the emerging number of online users and continued efforts on affordable access, cyber security needs to be integrated in every aspect of policy and planning. The government should look forward to playing an effective role in making the digital world safer.
As cybercrime is an emerging threat and no one is
fully secure these days, emphasis should be given on
how we can control cybercrimes
Over the last several years, we not only have gained huge success in the ICT sector but also experienced numerous instances of cybercrimes. We have experienced misuse of social media driven by propaganda and unauthentic information. Moreover, identifying the actual source of evil activities remained a challenge for developing countries, laying importance on access of the developing countries to the technologies and information to detect such evil activities. In this regard, mechanisms so far used for cyber security should be made more inclusive, and the question of rights and freedom in cyberspace needs to be duly addressed as well.
Bangladesh needs to quickly frame an appropriate and updated cyber-security policy, create adequate infrastructure and foster closer collaboration between all those involved to ensure a safe cyberspace. As cybercrime is an emerging threat and no one is fully secure these days, emphasis should be given on how we can control cybercrimes. In this regard, we need to deploy special cyber-security watchdogs and equip them with advanced technology.