Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security, 4 Volume Set

MALAYSIA

MANUEL SUTER AND ELGIN BRUNNER

Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich, Switzerland

1 CRITICAL SECTORS

In Malaysia, the following sectors are regarded as making up the national critical infrastructure [1]:

• Financial Sector,
• Water and Sewerage,
• Communications and Media,
• Energy,
• Health and Emergency Services,
• Industry,
• Central Government,
• Government Services,
• Transportation,
• Military.

2 PAST AND PRESENT INITIATIVES AND POLICIES

National IT Agenda (NITA)National Information Technology Council (NITC) Strategic Agendae-Secure Malaysia 2005 International Conference

2.1 National IT Agenda (NITA) and NITC Strategic Agenda

Malaysia launched the National IT Agenda (NITA) in 1996 as part of a major strategy to prepare the nation for the challenges of the information age. The agenda contains an outline for a national framework aimed at ensuring a balanced IT development for Malaysia, its infrastructure, and the applications found within. According to NITA, for this effort to succeed, Malaysia requires greater trust and faith in the use of information and communication technology (ICT), which can be fostered through enhanced ICT security [2]. The launch of NITA provided the foundation and framework for the utilization of information and communication technology to transform Malaysia into an information and knowledge society.

Besides NITA, the National Information Technology Council (NITC) (see the chapter on Organizational Overview) formulated the NITC Strategic Agenda, a strategy ...