Security enhancement after Vietnamnet 'incident'

After VietNamNet was attacked, causing this website to be paralyzed until the afternoon of November 22, when it returned to operation in a slow state, many Vietnamese websites have increased their vigilance.

Talking to Vietnam + reporter, Pham Hieu, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of VNExpress Online, said securing the electronic newspaper system is an especially important part. VnExpress's Network Operation Center regularly reviews and updates system patches as well as security information to prevent potential attacks.

Be careful, but according to Mr. Hieu, VNExpress was also affected by hackers. Thankfully, the effect is not too serious.

When asked about whether this website has increased protection, when VietNamNet is hurt by hackers, Mr. Hieu said, " VNExpress's technical team constantly monitors on the system in terms of programming and network infrastructure, check the active functions, use a firewall to control the connection ports on the system . to minimize the possibility of a possible attack . "

Mr. Nguyen Tien Dat, Head of Technology Department of VTC Intecom (technical manager of VTC News Electronic Newspaper) said that in fact, no wesbite is absolutely safe.

On the VTC side, Mr. Dat said the unit also regularly reviews the source code, has specialized devices such as firewalls to prevent hackers . In addition, VTC has always asked network security experts with the attitude of marketing to get help when there are vulnerabilities, or detect vulnerabilities on their website to fix.

Besides having a backup and backup system for electronic newspapers, at the present time, Mr. Dat said he will raise the warning level to higher. The review of each part of the network system will be carefully read and cross-read to avoid errors.

And Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of ePI Technology Joint Stock Company, the owner of BaoMoi.com automatic information summary page, said that the security of this website is very careful. However, he did not dare to think that this website would not be attacked. Therefore, ePI regularly has good relationships with network security groups , based on suggestions from security experts to check vulnerabilities on their website, limit hackers to attack.

Currently, ' BaoMoi.com has resisted losing domain names and changing the interface ,' Tuan said.

As a unit that provided the system for some electronic newspapers, Mr. Tuan stated that the rate of 50% of Vietnamese websites is easily hacked, but Mr. Vu Quoc Thanh, General Secretary of the Information Security Association has given the number correct.

Therefore, with the event that VietnamNet was hacked, Tuan said this was a wake-up call for businesses and units managing Vietnam's websites to pay more attention to security and security. Safe for your system.