Presidential Office budget for cybersecurity up 50%SECURING INFORMATION: The NT$38.97 million budget would be spent on software and equipment to protect against the 400,000 cyberattacks the office faces a monthBy Yang Chun-hui and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Presidential Office’s information security budget would be increased by 50 percent next year, as it faces an overwhelming 400,000 cyberattacks per month on its computer systems, officials said yesterday. As part of its budget for next year, the Presidential Office allocated NT$38.97 million (US$1.37 million) to “administrative work for preserving information security.”Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General Lee Chun-yi attends a budget review held by the legislature’s Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee in Taipei yesterday. The office’s cybersecurity budget is about NT$13 million more than was budgeted last year, he said, adding that it was also allocating NT$733,000 to research and develop a better cybersecurity plan. Ho Chuan-te (何全德), who is in charge of cybersecurity at the Presidential Office, said that it would take a more proactive approach regarding cyberdefenses. The office would introduce more stringent specifications for private mobile devices used by office personnel, he added.

Source: Taipei Times December 28, 2020 15:56 UTC