This article was first published in the Business Daily September 21, 2017. The Computer and Cybercrimes Bill 2017 is a major improvement from the two cybercrime Bills published by the Senate and the National Assembly last year. The objectives are to protect the confidentiality and integrity of computer systems, programmes, data while preventing unlawful use …
This article was first published in the Business Daily newspaper 14 August 2016. If there is an industry that is hard to regulate, it is information and communication technology. Other than being too dynamic, it is complex. There is a common saying that a year in tech is 90 days. This means it is an …
This article was first published in the Business Daily newspaper 26 July 2016. In February, the Bangladesh Central Bank was hacked and $81 million stolen in hours. Cybercrime is a common occurrence in today’s digital world. Many nations and entities are usually caught flatfooted when such attacks occur. To address the problem, the ICT ministry …