*ISLAMABAD – PTI government to present NAP – 2 which would have importantelement of cyber security.*
*The new version of Pakistan’s National Action Plan includes cybersecurity.*
The Ministry of Interior recently announced it would introduce NAP-2 andrestructure the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA).
FIA Cyber Crime Wing Director Capt. Muhammad Shoaib said that the agencydeals with *cybercrime* and not *cyber security*, which requires a legalframework.
He said there was a dire need to have an organization that can work on a“national strategic level” because in many countries national securitysystems were vulnerable to serious attacks in cyberspace.
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Analyst Lt. Gen. (retd) Amjad Shoaib said the security establishment wantedthe cyber security organization to be set up as an independent body fornumerous reasons. “However, the government believes it could work wellunder the Nacta,” he added.
The first plan or NAP was created in 2014 as a 20-point strategy after thehorrific Army Public School attack in Peshawar in which 147 people,including 132 students, were killed.
