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Government’s cybersecurity policy raises privacy and implementation concerns
October 18, 2023
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National Cyber Security Policy has some features that will potentially harm internet ecosystem and digital rights.
“The internet is a global and decentralised platform. But the new provision could be used for data surveillance, which is not in keeping with a democratic system,” Dahal said.
Last year, 33 human rights organisations had asked the Cambodian authorities to revoke the establishment of the National Internet Gateway, calling it a serious human rights concern as it allowed the establishment of a digital gateway to manage all internet traffic in and out of Cambodia.
Cybersecurity expert Vivek Rana said the new policy is ‘controlling’. “Policies should always address the problems of society, businesses and the country. But that is not the case with the recently-released government policy,” said Rana.
He said the policy was aimed more at controlling people’s data rather than boosting trust in the country’s IT and digital systems.
- Vivek Rana
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Dahal appreciated the government’s plan to create ‘cyber-resilient space’ and to climb up the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), a trusted reference that measures the commitment of countries to cybersecurity at a global level.
ICT experts, meanwhile, are particularly concerned about the policy’s implementation, saying it alone would be inadequate unless it is backed by necessary laws and rules.
“It’s good that a new policy has been drafted, but the most important things are infrastructure and new laws for its successful execution,” said ICT expert and lawyer Satish Krishna Kharel.
“For cybersecurity to be effective, we need both tangible and intangible infrastructure including well-trained manpower.”
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