According to the Minister of Communications, every month the list of vulnerabilities of the systems of the devices is found and the weak points are announced to them confidentially to prevent cyber attacks.
According to Iran digital economy annotation, the Minister of Communications announced about the security of the country’s infrastructures that in this field, tasks have been divided between the agencies, and each of the agencies is trying to maintain security, and hundreds and thousands of attacks are thwarted by this ministry every day without the public’s knowledge.
“Eisa Zarepour”, Minister of Communications, spoke about the security of cyber space and cyber attacks in the government yard. In this regard, he stated: “We have hundreds and sometimes thousands of blind and targeted cyber attacks every day. Attacks such as “denial of service” or “distributed denial of service” attacks, a significant part of which are repelled and people and devices do not notice these attacks at all.
“In continuation of this matter, he invited the people to watch the half-full part of the glass and added, ‘In the Ministry of Communications, there are systems to counteract these attacks, but it is natural that in this ongoing cyber war, a small portion of these attacks may hit the target. However, let’s also see the half-full part, where our experts work day and night, and a significant portion of the attacks are neutralized at their source.'”
Zarepour continued to talk about the division of duties of various institutions in the field of security and announced that some areas are under the Ministry of Communications and some under other institutions. In this regard, he said:
“There has been a division of duties in the field of security in the country, and the main responsibility lies with the National Center for Cyberspace, and the secretary of the council is following this issue and has nothing to do with us. Some institutions, such as the Ministry of Oil, are responsible for their security with Afta, but some institutions, such as the Cultural Heritage Organization and the Ministry of Guidance, are responsible for their security with the Ministry of Communications.
Referring to the responsibility of various institutions in the field of security, the Minister of Communications added: “Maintaining the security of 40 to 50 percent of government institutions is with the Ministry of Communications, and another part, such as gas stations, is responsible for their security with passive defense.” The security of the banking infrastructure is with FATA, and the other part, which includes private businesses, is monitored by the FATA police.
He explained about how to maintain security and find security holes in the infrastructure: “We in the Ministry of Communications, in the department assigned to us, find the list of vulnerabilities in the systems of the devices every month, and we ourselves are like a hacker with the “APA” collection that Across the country, in universities, we have undertaken the mission of penetration testing and we announce these vulnerabilities to the devices confidentially. In general, these four institutions that have the task of following up the issue of security are trying to improve the security of the country’s infrastructure day by day.
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