PUTRAJAYA, Jan 31 — Malaysia and Singapore will discuss the need to hold a Malaysia-Singapore round table on cyber security every year in an effort to boost cyber security, said Malaysian Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — Businesses are still not prepared for rapid recovery after a cyber-attack despite making good progress in developing prevention and response programmes, said KPMG.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) is scrutinising cyber security issues to protect the personal data of users in this country from being exposed to online threats such as fraud or information theft.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Payment gateway services provider iPay88 (M) Sdn Bhd has been instructed by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to undertake additional measures to further strengthen its cyber security controls and information technology infrastructure.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — The Cabinet yesterday agreed that the existing Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588) and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Act 1998 (Act 589) be amended to provide stronger legal provisions to face cyber security threats.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — The National Security Council (NSC) via the National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA) is calling on government agencies and private organisations to tighten the security and protection of personal data owned by them.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has remained vigilant against possible disruptions arising from cyber-related incidents, taking an "assumed breach" position in assessing its resilience against cyber-attacks.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — As of October this year, 1,377,862 prepaid lines were detected to have dubious registration details, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said.