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22 Malaysia Cyber Security Strategy 2020-2024

to organisations. The shortage of
cyber security professionals will
leave organisations vulnerable and
exposed to untold dangers from
cyberspace.

Insider threats also remain a
significant cyber security risk to
organisations. Insiders with access
to critical information systems and
data pose a significant threats to
any organisations. There have been
numerous cases of intellectual
property theft and the leaking of
sensitive information that have
caused substantial financial and
reputational damage.

There were also incidents where
these insiders, either employees
or vendors, unknowingly became
victims of elaborate cybercrime
schemes such as through watering
hole attacks, social engineering
ploys, malware and ransomware
infections, propagation mechanism
by inserting infected USB devices
into the internal networks or
arbitrarily clicking on links found
in emails or while browsing the
Internet.

The government via its relevant
agencies and initiatives will
have to approach organisations
and institutions on best cyber
security practices. More efforts
have to be made to encourage