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Thailand’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) and Thailand Computer Emergency Response Team (ThaiCert), in cooperation with Symantec will establish a national cyber security system.

A memorandum of cooperation (MoC) was signed last week in an attempt to tackle Internet-borne malicious threats and provide a safer online environment for Thai citizens

Permanent Secretary of ICT Ministry Jeerawan Boonperm said the MoC was signed to create a system that does not only protect online users but also analyze threats and identify their whereabouts.

In an attempt to keep all types of cyber and electronic crimes in Thailand at bay, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), ThaiCERT, the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) and an American company ‘Cymantec Corp.’ have been cooperating in establishing a national security system in cyberspace.

ICT Permanent Secretary Mrs. Jeerawan Boonperm said all the four organizations have signed an agreement to create a system that not only protects online users but also analyzes threats and identify their whereabouts. She said the new technology would significantly assure safety for online banking for people and businesses.

Earth data originated from Small Multi-Mission Satellite (SMMS) will be used to forecast rice production, said Songporn Komolsuradej, Executive Director of Space Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT).

The Space Affairs Bureau, in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and Kasetsart University, agreed to pilot the project of satellite data application to combine the size of paddy field and vegetation index to further the analysis of the rice growth and development.

Government organisations in Thailand will soon be able to attend parliament meeting without needing to travel to the Parliament after the deployment of telepresence technology offered by Electronic Government Agency (EGA).

Dr Sak Segkoonthod, president and CEO of the EGA revealed early this week that his agency will deploy telepresence services at the Parliament and ten other government agencies within this year following the national implementation of cloud computing this month.

“Telepresence might be launched at the Parliament first for government organizations to defend their annual budgets without needing to come to the Parliament,” he said.

The Information and Communications Technology Ministry expects to lay down broadband infrastructure that would cover 95 per cent of the country within the next eight years to improve the Kingdom's ICT competitiveness ranking.

ICT Minister Anudith Nakorntap said the ministry was pushing government agencies to invest in the nation's ICT infrastructure to support the Smart Thailand scheme and increase the ranking of the country in this area. Currently, Thailand is ranked 49th for ICT competitiveness among 70 digital economies globally. Among regional countries, Singapore and Malaysia are ranked higher at eighth and 36th respectively, he said yesterday at a seminar hosted by Krungthep Turakij newspaper.

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