Calls for founding of National Cyber Security Council
By Phil Muncaster, 15 Apr 2014 Pakistan’s Upper House this week began debating a new bill seeking to establish a National Cyber Security Council, an agency the nation feels is needed in the wake of Edward Snowden's myriad revelations about NSA surveillance.The Cyber Security Council Bill 2014 was presented by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Monday with the aim of creating a body to draft policy, guidelines and strategy on cyber security issues according to international best practices, in line with Pakistan Today.
As well as working to counter emerging online threats, it will also try to facilitate better communication and information-sharing between government and private sectors. To help achieve this, members of the proposed council would apparently be drawn from both sectors.
There’s very little information on the proposals on the Senate web site, but Pakistan Today has the following from Sayed:
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What I am wondering here is whether this is just the thin end of the wedge in terms of national actions against the purported activities of the NSA...interesting as to who will be next down this avenue?