AN OVERVIEW OF CYBER SECURITY IN MALAYSIA

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to evaluate the current state of cyber security in Malaysia and to identify the factors which need to be addressed in order to create a secured cyber space. Although the Malaysian government takes various steps to control and protect its cyber citizens, yet the cybercrimes are increasing in line with the number of cyber space users. In this paper, three factors, namely technology, organizational and human factors were identified as the factors governing cyber security protection in Malaysia.