Overview
- PKCERT and Kaspersky signed the cooperation pact on Monday to strengthen Pakistan’s national cyber defenses.
- The MoU was signed by PKCERT Director General Dr Haider Abbas and Kaspersky General Manager Rashed Al Momani, witnessed by CEO Eugene Kaspersky and IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja.
- The scope covers legislative and regulatory collaboration, incident detection and response, prevention strategies, education, research and development, and professional exchanges.
- Planned initiatives include extensive training and awareness programs to build a skilled cybersecurity workforce across government, industry, academia and civil society.
- The partners committed to timely sharing of actionable threat intelligence to improve early warning and response for stakeholders across Pakistan.