Tsai mulls information and national security affairs at hacker conferenceBy Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNATaiwan is committed to being a trusted link in the global chain of information security and technology industries, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday. Photo: Yang Yuan-ting, Taipei TimesThe National Security Council has been asked to update its information security strategy by the end of December, Tsai said. The new strategy would involve public-private cooperation, developing an information security industry, cultivating expertise, establishing a department of digital development under the central government and implementing information security in the six core strategic industries, she said. The planned Cyber Security Center of Excellence would train a generation of information security experts to help execute the government’s vision, she said. Tsai said that the hacker community has been indispensable in providing impetus to the administration’s information security policy.

Source: Taipei Times November 26, 2021 19:02 UTC