Bangladesh and Russia have agreed on the formation of a joint working group to beef up cyber security.
Apart from that a Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security in collaboration with Russian will be established.
The decisions were taken at a bilateral meeting between State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak who is now on official visit to Russia and Nikoolai Nikiforov, Russian Minister for Communication and Mass Media, at the later,s office in Moscow, said a statement of Information and Communication Technology Division issued on Thursday.
ICT division spoken man Abu Nasher said State Minister Zunaid Ahmed urged the Russian minister to make investment in hi-tech parks in bangladesh.
The Russian minister also agreed on exchanging interstate advance information on possible cyber attack to combat cyber risks and to increasing the area of mutual cooperation in cyber security.
source : A daily newspaper