Ethical Hacking

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SEARCC 05 ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE Crown Plaza
Darling Harbour, Sydney 26 September 2005
MALAYSIAN NATIONAL COMPUTER CONFEDERATION
(MNCC) www.mncc.com.my
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BACKGROUND
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• COUNTRY PROFILE - Malaysia
• LAND AREA 329,758 sq. km
• POPULATION 26.12 million multi-racial,
  multi-cultural multi-religious
• AV. LIFE EXPECTANCY Male 70.6 yrs. Female
  76.4 yrs.
• INFANT MORTALITY RATE 5.5 percent
• MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE 0.3 per 000
• GDP at Current year USD 31.43Billion
• PER CAPITA INCOME USD 4,520
• MAIN INCOME SOURCES Export of petroleum, palm
  oil, electronic components and finished
  products, wood products, tourism
• INTERNET PENETRATION 37 (10 million users)
• BROADBAND PENETRATION Less than 1

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MNCC BACKGROUND

• - MNCC started its existence as the Malaysian
  Computer Society (MCS) 1967.
• - In 1988, the Society was converted to a
  non-profit company and limited by guarantee,

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OBJECTS

• - To establish an organisation for persons
  concerned and involved in IT.
• - To promote and develop IT.
• - To look after the interest of the IT
  Profession.
• - To extend and disseminate knowledge and
  appreciation of IT.

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MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANISATION
OVER 500 ACTIVE MEMBERS
MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY Fellow, Member, Associate,
Provisional Associate, Affiliate, and Student
BRANCHES Penang Regional Centre, Johore-Melaka
Regional Centre
ORGANISATION
- MNCC is Run by a 10- member elected Council
among which the President and Vice-President are
elected. The Council meets once in 3
months. - Five (5) of the Council Members form
the Management Committee which meets
monthly. - Various committees headed by a Council
Member. - All Council Members serve on a
voluntary basis.
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COMMITTEES

• Membership Affaires
• Membership Promotion
• Education Training
• ICT Excellence Award
• Web Development and Publishing

ACTIVE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

• Open Source SIG
• Independent Software Architect Council of
  Malaysia SIG

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RECIPROCAL MEMBERSHIPS

• MNCC also has reciprocal membership
  arrangements with the following
• - British Computer Society
• - Australian Computer Society
• - Singapore Computer Society
• This means that a MNCC member will enjoy a 20
  discount on membership subscriptions to the
  above societies.

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INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• - MNCC is one of the founding members of the
  South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation
  or SEARCC.
• - MNCC is also a full member of the International
  Federation of Information Processing (IFIP).

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MNCC has an ongoing cooperative arrangement with
the Center of International Computer Cooperation
(CICC) Japan.
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RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT

• MNCC representatives served/serving in the
  following committees
• National Research Scientific Development
  Council
• Computer Software Industry Panel under MITI.
• Workshop on Personal Data Protection Bill
  organised by the Malaysian Multimedia Commission
• Rural Internet Implementation Committee under Min
  of Energy, Water and Communication
• ICT RD Working Group for 9th. On Malaysia Plan
  Framework
• ICT Training Advisory Committees under the
  Ministry of Human Resource
• Technical Committee in Information Security
  Standards
• Technical Committees in Electronic ID and
  Passport Standards

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RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT (contd.)

• - Technical Committee in Software Engineering
  Standards
• - National Productivity Standards Consultative
  Panel on Information Technology
• - MSC Education Advisory Panel
• - Working Group-3 for Cabling Standards, Malaysia
  Multimedia Commission.

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• OTHER WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
• To promote IT and professionalism, MNCC also has
  worked with the following organisations
• MEWC (Min. of Energy Water and Communication)
• INTAN ( National Institute if Public
  Administration)
• NISER (National Internet Response Centre)
• PIKOM (Malaysia Computer Industry Association)
• ISACA (Information System Audit and Control Asso.
  
• MSTI (Min. of Science Technology and Innovation)
• LOCAL AND MULTINATIONAL ICT COMPANIES

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MNCC ACTIVITIES

• Working towards professional accreditation with
  internal and external bodies.
• Organising talks, seminars, workshops,
  conferences, etc.
• Participate in Government ICT Policy, Standards,
  and RD Committees and Technical Working Groups
• - Represent the IT Profession at various forums
  (internally/externally).
• - Managing the Annual ICT Excellence Award Best
  Teacher, Student and Open Source Software
  Initiatives
• Maintaining links and working with regional and
  international bodies on IT-related issues.
• Promotion of Open Source Software

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PLATFORMS/FORUMS

• Provide a forum for active MNCC members to
  interact and network with
• - Fellow IT professionals in various
  organisations.
• - Influential officers in both the public and
  private sectors.
• - Various IT professionals from the region and
  internationally.
• - Other professionals through joint activities

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• MNCCS PARTICULAR STRENGTHS
• RECONNISED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ICT INDUSTRY
  AND THE MEDIA AS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR OF IDEAS AND
  TECHNICAL INPUTS ON ICT POLICIES, PROGRAMMES AND
  IN ADDRESING ICT ISSUES
• ABLE TO ORGANISE CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND
  SEMINARS SUCCESSFULLY ON ITS OWN OR JOINTLY WITH
  OTHER ORGANISATIOINS
• MOST ICT PROFESSIONALS IN THE COUNTRY DO
  PARTICIPATE IN MNCC ORGANISED EVENTS (THOUGH NOT
  MANY OF THEM WANT TO BE MEMBERS).

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• MAIN ISSUES FOR MNCC
• GETTING MORE ICT PROFESSIONALS TO JOIN MNCC
• IMPLEMENTING A PROFESSIONAL ACCREDATION PROGRAMME

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• MAJOR ICT ISSUES AT COUNTRY LEVEL
• DIGITAL DIVIDE
• The main challenges facing the efforts to
  bridge the digital gap are the last-mile
  telecommunication problem and the need for
  more friendly computer user-interface for
  ordinary rural communities
• SHORTAGE OF COMPETENT ICT PROFESSIONALS IN THE
  MIDST OF ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF ICT GRADUATES
• Governments ICT initiatives like the Multimedia
  Super Corridor Project has created a sudden
  demand for competent ICT professionals,
  especially in software development and project
  management.
• Over the past year the problem of unemployable
  ICT graduates has been highlighted and is being
  addressed through joint consultative working
  groups - universities, industry and professional
  bodies as well as through industry training
  programmes for graduates.

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• BEST PRACTICE ICT INITIATIVE AT NATIONAL LEVAL
  E.g.
• NATIONAL CHIP-BASED ID CARD (smart card) AND
  MACHINE READABLE PSSPORT

• National ID card was first implemented in 1948.
  The paper-based version went through three
  revision over a 50 year period.
• The last replacement exercise which started 5
  years ago is the chip-based ID card. Besides ID
  function it also has applications to serve as
  driving license, health card, electronic payment
  card. More application will be added.
• To date less than 2 million eligible people have
  yet to apply for the smart ID card.

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• BEST PRACTICE (Contd.)

• BEST PRACTICES GAINED IN THE PROCESS OF
  IMPLEMENTING ELECTRONIC ID CARD AND
  MACNINE-READABLE PASSPORT INCLUDE
• Manufacture of smart cards, card readers and
  Immigration auto-gates
• Embedded systems application software development
  
• Application integration and automation of ID card
  generation
• Management of security, especially in card
  personalisation process
• Government-private sector collaborative
  development approach
• Development of standards

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• BEST PRACTICE (Contd.)

• For the Malaysian machine-readable passports to
  be usable by other systems of Immigration
  Authorities the adoption of common standards is
  a necessity.
• At the time Malaysia initiated the
  machine-readable passport there was no existing
  international standard to follow. Malaysia had
  to develop one from scratch.
• After the 9/11 incident several countries have
  embarked on machine-readable passports. But
  there is still no established common standard.
  
• Malaysia has applied to become a participating
  member of ISO Technical Committee on
  Machine-readable Passport, which is currently
  working towards developing a common standard.

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• MNCCS PROPOSAL FOR COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS WITH
  SEARCC TO FURTHER ENHANCE ICT PROFESSIONALISM

• Update ICT Job Classification and define common
  competency requirements for key ICT jobs,
  including criteria for assessment of competency
• Human resource survey
• Develop common criteria for evaluating software
  solutions developed in member countries,
  especially in OSS platform

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Thank you
Malaysian National Computer Confederation
(MNCC) www.mncc.com.my Email admin_at_mncc.po.my
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