Taiwan, US to expand cybersecurity agreementStaff writer, with CNAMinister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) and US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director Laurie Locascio on Tuesday agreed to increase cybersecurity collaboration between the two countries, a Ministry of Economic Affairs official who is familiar with the matter said. Wang and Locascio agreed at a meeting in Taipei to build up a joint cybersecurity supply chain under the US-Taiwan Technology Trade and Investment Collaboration (TTIC) framework, the official said. Also on Tuesday, Locascio said at the opening ceremony of a US Business Day forum that the US was drafting a new version of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which it hoped to launch next year. She said she hopes to discuss collaboration opportunities with Taiwan, for example to protect customer data privacy. Locascio led a cybersecurity business development mission in Taiwan from Monday to yesterday, which introduced 13 US firms to some of Taiwan’s leading information and communication technology security, and critical infrastructure protection markets.
