CYBER ARMY
Military stresses need for cyber vigilance
ASINA PORNWASIN
THE NATION



BANGKOK: -- THE military yesterday stressed the need for cybersecurity readiness at the national level, as the country still only maintains preparedness at the military and ministry level.

General Bunjerd Tientongdee, special adviser to the permanent secretary for the Defence Ministry, was referring to the Information and Communications Technology Ministry.

He issued the warning during a session on "Thailand Under Cyber Attack: Military preventive measures and incident response" at the Cyber Defence Initiative Conference held at Bitec.

There should be a national cyber-security warning centre similar to the National Disaster Warning Centre, National Security Council and National Intelligence Agency, he said.

Bunjerd, who is an information technology security expert at the Defence Technology Institute, also called on the public to trust the Armed Forces for cyberwarfare plans.

"No one designs an army to fight the people.

"The cyberwarfare division is the country's response to protect it from threats of cyberwars.

"Please be confident in the Armed Forces. Today, high-level commanders in all branches have talked about cybersecurity, which indicates the military's readiness," he said.

Lt-General Suttisak Slakcom, adviser to the Defence Ministry, said Thailand lacks the infrastructure to manage cyber threats. There was no national cyber command.

A national cybersecurity committee had been established by the Yingluck Shinawatra administration, but it expired following her departure. A national cybersecurity committee needs to be set up by law, he said.

Group Captain Amorn Chomchoey, deputy chief of the Air Forces' Cyber Warfare Division, said the country needs to have a "one-stop service" to take care of national cybersecurity. It is lacking of this kind of agency at the national level to alert and inform the public, solve problems and deal with cybersecurity issues.

Watch for cyber threats

There is a "government monitoring service" operated and run by ThaiCERT with sensors on the 40 computer systems of government agencies to watch for cyber threats and to alert agencies under attack.

"To deal with cybersecurity, it needs to get the private sector to participate, especially the Internet service providers," he said.

Maj-General Rittee Intravudh, director of the Army's Military Technology Centre Signal Department, said that to deal with cyberwarfare, cybersecurity readiness is not only needed in the government, but also in the private sector and among the people.

The important thing is to have collaboration.

However, Colonel Chartchai Chaigasam, director of the Armed Forces' Cyber Warfare Division, said the division was set up under a Defence Council resolution in May 2013 and has been operating since October last year.

In the Thai Armed Forces, there are five fighting domains - ground, air, sea, space and cyberspace. More than 100 countries also have a cyber-warfare division in their army.

The two priorities of the Cyber Warfare Division are planning to protect the Army's network and attacking or accessing the enemy.

This division's mission is to protect the country from wars. It will operate under the law and on request from the government.

The three strategies for dealing with cyberwarfare are protection, detection and response.

The four actors are an organisation or agency focusing on cyberspace, law makers and enforcers, the private sector, and a defence unit acting on request by the government and under the law.

As his responsibility is preparation for Cobra Gold 2016, it will be the first ever war games with a cyber slant. Six of the seven countries have readiness to do military exercises for cyber-warfare.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Military-stresses-need-for-cyber-vigilance-30271907.html


-- The Nation 2015-10-30

Internet of Things

So in other words the single gateway is going ahead and this is just an article to polish the turd and make it appear more palatable. Good luck with that, lads.

So in other words the single gateway is going ahead and this is just an article to polish the turd and make it appear more palatable. Good luck with that, lads.

But I thought it was an announcement that some people who have guns are watching the internet and they welcome collaborators?

Start recruiting from the internet cafes.

C'mon Mr. P forget the national security aspect and just warn the people that without your govt's caring overview the service of their LINE app cannot be guaranteed. You'll get all the support you want.

No one designs an army to fight the people

No never, not in the history of Thailand has this ever happened. Why do these pooyais bother to even deny such obvious untruths.

"Please be confident in the Armed Forces. Today, high-level commanders in all branches have talked about cybersecurity, which indicates the military's readiness," he said.

Lt-General Suttisak Slakcom, adviser to the Defence Ministry, said Thailand lacks the infrastructure to manage cyber threats. There was no national cyber command.

Military "readiness" in Thailand must mean something completely different.

And, is that his real name, "Slakcom"?

If he's going to be a cyber security guy, he should change it to Slak.com

Blimp, bomb detectors, aircraft carrier immediately sprang to mind.

Not sure why. More budget, anyone?

big uncle is watching you!

In the name of national security you can get away with anything,

so the single gateway will arrive under another name....

after many years in Asia i recognize the smokescreen and mirror

TIT

No one designs an army to fight the people

No never, not in the history of Thailand has this ever happened. Why do these pooyais bother to even deny such obvious untruths.

Right on the mark there ! That is the sentence that glaringly stood out to me too.

Yeah, it's a biaaatsch when people can say what they really think about the current "government" in the evil farang social media, a bona fide cyberthreat. Gotta stop that.

Space? I thought that the cyber biscuit was hard to swallow.

If Thailand is under Cyber-Attack, I wonder whether the general might be willing to announce, just which country is the aggressor ?

Is it the Cyber-Men or Daleks or the Mysterons ?

I blame that Doctor Who, myself !

They are ducking and weaving

Stop hosting this cabaret show please... They need 4G the bar girls are struggling to rob people and cookie run is to slow..

Go have a bowl of Som TUM

No one will ever put servers in Thailand and will are talking to much froth

After elections new PM can and probably will fry your gateway antics

Good day

Edited October 30, 201510 yr by Vandadavid

Nice sign did you just make it ?

YOU are removing the civil rights by apparently building what you call a gateway lol

This is you filtering what people can view and charging then $$$

Your security has 0 to do with gateway.

Do you think there going to vote

You are lost in cyber space

Edited October 30, 201510 yr by Vandadavid

So in other words the single gateway is going ahead and this is just an article to polish the turd and make it appear more palatable. Good luck with that, lads.

But I thought it was an announcement that some people who have guns are watching the internet and they welcome collaborators?

Only if they're other people with guns.

"There should be a national cyber-security warning centre"

Can the military also design a national Coup D'Etat Warning center?

In the name of national security you can get away with anything,

so the single gateway will arrive under another name....

after many years in Asia i recognize the smokescreen and mirror

TIT

Or in other words, we will stay in power 4EVAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I for one feel quite relaxed about the single gateway and all the efforts the cyber brigades are making.

I feel this way because I've lived in LOS for 11 years and I learned that the one infallible way for balls something up is to put a Thai in charge, and this does seem to be a universal law. Fukkups 'r' us.

What does the military really know about cyber anything! Self proclaimed experts in everything it seems. What a bunch of BS

In the name of national security you can get away with anything,

so the single gateway will arrive under another name....

after many years in Asia i recognize the smokescreen and mirror

TIT

Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Internet of Things

Internet of Trust.

What the hay? They are better than my Mom. She spells in 'Innernet' and is quite certain it is evil.

"There should be a national cyber-security warning centre"

Can the military also design a national Coup D'Etat Warning center?

This could be the longest C******** (not to be fully named) in "Modern Thai history" aka the DRASTIC U-Turn into the Thai Chinese THAI-ranny

If Thailand is under Cyber-Attack, I wonder whether the general might be willing to announce, just which country is the aggressor ?

Is it the Cyber-Men or Daleks or the Mysterons ?

I blame that Doctor Who, myself !

Prayut wears James Bond Villain attire, so it's probably him.

Dr. No (internet)

They are still trying to figure out how to get brown envelopes out of the computer

Who is going to watch the watchers? It is a slippery slope and it does not go up!

Hey Thai Army !!!

You need this to hide yourself in cyberspace !!!

I will import it specially for the Thai Army with discount for only € 5,00 + tax, if you take 100,000 pcs. (MOQ)

Edited October 30, 201510 yr by FredNL