Vietnam: Application of processes to assure data safety and manage technical infrastructure safety

According to Decree No. 64/2007/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, state agencies shall elaborate internal rules on information safety assurance; appoint staffs to take charge of information safety management; apply, guide, and regularly inspect the application of, measures to ensure that information systems in the network comply with standards and technical regulations on information safety.

1. Application of processes to assure data safety, including:

- Back-up storage;

- Using codes to ensure data safety and confidentiality in storage and transactions in accordance with state regulations on coding;

- Strictly managing the displacement of information technology equipment and devices storing information listed as state secrets;

- Supervising the steps of data creation, processing and cancellation;

- Other data safety assurance processes.

2. Application of the process of managing technical infrastructure safety, covering:

- Protective solutions to prevent and early detect illegal access to computer networks or data-storing devices;

- Applying certification technologies, the access right management mechanism and the operation- recording mechanism to manage and inspect access to networks;

- Strictly controlling the installation of new software on servers and terminals;

- Regularly monitoring the infection of harmful software and eliminating them from the systems;

- Other processes for assuring technical infrastructure safety.

View more details at Decree No. 64/2007/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from May 18, 2007.

Ty Na

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