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

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 (ICT). The challenge is, the more a governance system i...

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Main Author: Zulhuda, Sonny
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
KPG Malaysia
T58.5 Information technology
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/3030/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/3030/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/3030/1/National_Security_in_Malaysia%27s_Digital_Economy_Sonny_Zulhuda.pdf
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spelling iium-30302011-10-19T01:00:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3030/ National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform Zulhuda, Sonny KPG Malaysia T58.5 Information technology 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 (ICT). The challenge is, 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) would become loophole that undermines national security. At the end of the paper, it examines Malaysia’s readiness by looking at the policy and legal initiatives it has set to adopt. While steps have been taken to provide necessary policies and strategies, this paper argues that the law on national security requires a fresh look and interpretation in order to support the protection of national critical information infrastructure. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3030/1/National_Security_in_Malaysia%27s_Digital_Economy_Sonny_Zulhuda.pdf Zulhuda, Sonny (2011) National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform. In: The 1st International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICIRD), 19-20 May 2011, Bangkok, Thailand. (In Press) http://www.icird.org/
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T58.5 Information technology
spellingShingle KPG Malaysia
T58.5 Information technology
Zulhuda, Sonny
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 (ICT). The challenge is, 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) would become loophole that undermines national security. At the end of the paper, it examines Malaysia’s readiness by looking at the policy and legal initiatives it has set to adopt. While steps have been taken to provide necessary policies and strategies, this paper argues that the law on national security requires a fresh look and interpretation in order to support the protection of national critical information infrastructure.
format Conference or Workshop Item
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
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/3030/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/3030/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/3030/1/National_Security_in_Malaysia%27s_Digital_Economy_Sonny_Zulhuda.pdf
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