What are duties and powers of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam in terms of ensuring information safety and confidentiality?

What are duties and powers of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam in terms of ensuring information safety and confidentiality?

Pursuant to Clause 10 Article 2 of the Decision 2868/QĐ-BTNMT in 2022 (effective from 01/01/2023) stipulating duties and powers of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam in terms of ensuring information safety and confidentiality as follows:

a) Organize the implementation of information security assurance and network security protection; monitor and supervise the implementation of policies and laws on information security and protection of network security; organize activities and coordinate the network information security incident response network in the natural resources and environment sector;

b) Preside over the implementation, guidance, examination, supervision and assessment of information safety and network information security; network attack prevention; anti-malware protection; respond to and overcome incidents of cyber attacks on digital infrastructure systems, digital platforms, digital applications, data platforms and databases managed by the Ministry;

c) Build, manage, deploy and operate the System of Centers for monitoring and operating information security, protecting network security according to a four-layer model for information systems of ministries, branches and connection, sharing information with the National Cybersecurity Monitoring System;

d) Appraise, approve or submit to competent authorities for approval dossiers of proposals, plans to ensure information security; guide, inspect and evaluate information system safety assurance by level for the Ministry's information system in accordance with law;

dd) Organize the development, coordination, rehearsal and training of plans to respond to risks and incidents of network information insecurity.

What are duties and powers of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam in terms of archives, information materials and libraries? 

Pursuant to Clause 13 Article 2 of the Decision 2868/QĐ-BTNMT in 2022 (effective from 01/01/2023) stipulating duties and powers of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam in terms of archives, information materials and libraries as follows:

a) Inspect and provide professional guidance on the implementation of the law on specialized electronic archives and archives as prescribed. Organize the management, archiving, preservation and provision of materials and documents on natural resources and environment as assigned by the Minister.

b) Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate in publishing announcements of, the list of data and information on natural resources and environment on the Ministry's web portal;

c) Collect, update, register, store and publish information on tasks and application results of scientific and technological tasks of the Ministry as assigned by the Minister;

d) Assume the prime responsibility for performing library work in the natural resources and environment sector, including electronic libraries and related books, documents and materials as assigned by the Minister; development of information sources between information agencies - libraries about information resources on environmental resources.

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