ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has taken yet another step to curb the online terrorismand has established the first ever cyber security centre.
National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has established a CyberSecurity Wing on modern lines to evolve cyber security strategies and tomeet emerging cyber terrorism threats.
The Wing, called Cyber Security, Information and Communication TechnologyWing (CS ICT), undertaken a number of initiative in cyber security serviceand most important of them was Tat”heer drive introduced to counterextremist ideologies.
Tat”heer is a multi-pronged cyber counter terrorism strategy whichincludes napping of radical contents available on Internet and social media.
The drive helps in strategizing evidence-based counter- terrorism measures.
The key components of Tat”heer drive include development of surfsafereporting portal link.
The admin portal of surfsafe is equipped with analytical review mechanismfor reported contents.
Another initiative is Tat”heer Android and iOS Apps for mobile which hadbeen developed with an objective to enable every citizen to report any hatespeech or extremist contents (videos, audios, photos and texts) whereverthey observe in their vicinity.
NACTA also launched social media e-campaign on facebook/twitter.
The authority portal is nacta.gov.pk/surfsafe.pk and tat”heer app with anaim to ensure its presence on social media by making citizenry access toportals and mobile app to report any hatematerials.
The authority has also transformed its previous websites with astate-of-the-art web-portal, hosted through the most secured means, withzero prevalence of chances for its hacking.The authority has alsotransformed its previous websites with a state-of-the-art web-portal,hosted through the most secured means, with zero prevalence of chances forits hacking.
It is a modern, responsive and interactive web portal which has capacity toengage with relevant stakeholders, both locally and internationally.
The other initiative was National Action Plan (NAP) portal.