National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform

This paper investigates the need for Malaysia to relook at and redefine the concept of national security amid the changing circumstances especially in relation to the country’s increased reliance on the information and communications technology (hereinafter, ICT). The more a governance system is e...

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Main Author: Zulhuda, Sonny
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Language:English
Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan 2011
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spelling iium-176282012-02-01T05:00:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17628/ National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform Zulhuda, Sonny KPG Malaysia This paper investigates the need for Malaysia to relook at and redefine the concept of national security amid the changing circumstances especially in relation to the country’s increased reliance on the information and communications technology (hereinafter, ICT). The more a governance system is exposed to the Internet and ICT, the bigger the risks it would face. When the security of the system is not reliable enough to secure the system, information assets are at stake and the country’s critical information infrastructure (such as defence, communications, energy and medical systems) will become loophole that undermines national security. At the end, the paper examines Malaysia’s policy and legal initiatives it has set to adopt. While steps have been taken to provide necessary policies and strategies, it is argued that the law on national security requires a fresh look and interpretation in order to support the protection of national critical information infrastructure. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17628/1/National_security_in_Malaysia.pdf Zulhuda, Sonny (2011) National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 7 (13). pp. 2316-2325. ISSN 1819-544X http://aensionline.com/jasr/jasr/2011/2316-2325.pdf
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National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform
description This paper investigates the need for Malaysia to relook at and redefine the concept of national security amid the changing circumstances especially in relation to the country’s increased reliance on the information and communications technology (hereinafter, ICT). The more a governance system is exposed to the Internet and ICT, the bigger the risks it would face. When the security of the system is not reliable enough to secure the system, information assets are at stake and the country’s critical information infrastructure (such as defence, communications, energy and medical systems) will become loophole that undermines national security. At the end, the paper examines Malaysia’s policy and legal initiatives it has set to adopt. While steps have been taken to provide necessary policies and strategies, it is argued that the law on national security requires a fresh look and interpretation in order to support the protection of national critical information infrastructure.
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author Zulhuda, Sonny
author_facet Zulhuda, Sonny
author_sort Zulhuda, Sonny
title National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform
title_short National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform
title_full National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform
title_fullStr National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform
title_full_unstemmed National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform
title_sort national security in malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform
publisher American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/17628/
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