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86      Malaysia Cyber Security Strategy 2020-2024









            The main duty of the government         To support the national interest,
            is and will always be to defend the     Malaysia    needs    a    class   of
            nation, its economy and prosperity      competency,       capability    and
            as  well  as  its  citizens  from  threat   awareness that can truly safeguard
            and harm by internal and external       the   national    cyberspace,     its
            factors, be it from cyberspace or       critical sectors, businesses and
            otherwise. It is therefore pertinent    most importantly the well-being of
            for  Malaysia  to  set  the  rules,     its citizens, not only from external
            standards and expectations over         threats but also those from within.
            all  elements  and  entities  under     It is also important to highlight that
            its control and responsibility in       while we will always uphold the
            order  to  ensure  a  safe  and  secure   right to a free cyberspace, we also
            cyberspace; and to collaborate          acknowledge that constraints and
            with trusted parties from the           controls  are  still  needed  at  some
            international community that share      levels of access and provision to
            the same objective and aspiration.      ensure that our intrinsic values as a
                                                    multi-racial nation and society are
            For all these to be realised, there     protected and kept intact.
            has to be a sense of inclusiveness,
            first  and  foremost,  among  all  the   In the long run, this can significantly
            stakeholders at the national level.     assist in ensuring uniformity in the
            Securing the national cyberspace        adoption    and     implementation
            will  indeed  require  a  collective    of    standards,    policies    and
            effort. All roles and functions within   guidelines among all cyber security
            the   cyber    security  ecosystem      stakeholders in Malaysia. Again,
            that are outlined by the strategies     we should remind ourselves that
            are      eventually      connected      any strategy or planning will only
            and    interdependent     with  one     be  as  good  as  the  people  behind
            another, which clearly show that        it. Therefore, for the next five years,
            cooperation will always be a key        everybody  must  pull  together or
            aspect in ensuring success, security    face  the  risk  of  getting  left  behind
            and peace.                              in the digital era.
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