The corporation drills in response to cyber security incidents
On July 27, 2020, the rehearsal to respond to attacks that sabotage the database system to ensure information security and the continuous production and business activities of the Corporation has been held at the Corporation Head Office.
Mr. Do Hong Nguyen – Head of Science, Technology and Quality Control Department and othaer professional officers of TKV Group, Mr. Nguyen Viet Dung – Vice Rector of Vinacomin School of Business Administration, Mr. Nguyen Quang – Deputy Head of Safety – Security Surveillance Department of National Cyber Safety Monitoring Center have attended the meeting..
From the corporation, the meeting had the attendance of Mr. Bui Hong Quang – Chairman of the Board of Members of the Corporation, Mr. Nguyen Van Sang – Secretary of Party Committee, Corporation CEO, Directors of the Board of Members, the Deputy General Directors, President of the Community, Head of departments and other staffs of IT department of the Corporation.
Facing cyber attack & information security challenges, production and business databases now need to raise end-user awareness, improve availability and security incident response skills.
IT department reports on current status of IT team and implement IT program & number transformation program of the Corporation for the period 2020-2025; Rehearsing respond to attacks that sabotage production and business information databases. The assumed situation is that hackers send emails / links with malicious code / viruses to users and spread out to the whole system, causing the entire database at the server (DC) to be encrypted. The inability to access has seriously affected the continuous production and business activities of the Corporation.
Through actual inspection, CEO Dang Thanh Hai acknowledged and appreciated the results achieved by the Mining Chemical Industry Corporation as well as the Thai Binh Amon Nitrate Factory. The CEO directs Micco and its affiliates should continue to tighten safety, not be subjective in production, especially in transporting explosives precursors and IEMs. To Thai Binh Amon Nitrate factory, it is necessary to pay special attention to the preservation of products in the warehouses, note places where heat sources are generated and ensure to obey regulations.
When the situation occurs, the user informs the IT department, the IT department conducts verification checks and reports to the leaders of the Corporation to deploy DC isolation, activate the DR system, respond to incidents, recover quickly and ensure continuous production and business activities.
Mr. Do Hong Nguyen – Representative of Science and Technology, Group Quality Control, Mr. Nguyen Viet Dung – Vice Rector of Vinacomin’s School of Business Administration, Mr. Nguyen Quang – Deputy Head of Safety Monitoring National cybercriminals highly appreciated the Corporation of Mining Chemical Industry – Vinacomin, considered the Corporation one of the pioneers in TKV regarding IT programs, digital transformation as well as proactive coordination with the National Cyber Security Monitoring Center in reviewing information security and building information security plans. He emphasized that the IT team needs to focus on implementing two missions:
Firstly: continue reviewing the Corporation’s IT infrastructure to meet the digital transformation program
Secondly: promote high school construction, reduce paperwork. To be the leader in IT application and digital transformation, IT department needs evaluate the advantages, limitations & lessons learned in order to deploy and replicate the advantages in the future.
Mr. Nguyen Van Sang – Corporation CEO received comments from delegates, stated the results achieved in the past time, the role of IT in the development of the enterprise and set goals in the coming time that it is necessary to follow the Group’s orientation, accelerate the digital transformation process to improve labor productivity, increase competitive advantage & improve business efficiency. MICCO CEO thanked the Group’s leaders for their close attention and guidance, the advice and guidance of the Group’s professional board, the effective cooperation of the Safety Monitoring Center, National Internet Business Administration – Vinacomin and partners of MICCO. The rehearsal ended successfully, achieved the set goals, contributed to improving the level of information security and continuous production and business activities of the Corporation.