Bangladesh, India to Work Together against Cyber Threats

India and Bangladesh, which are neighbors, are eager to collaborate to combat cyberthreats.

The two nations decided to conduct cyber exercises and seminars to enhance capabilities in this regard.

In a meeting on Monday at the CERT-In headquarters in New Delhi, Dr. Sanjay Bahl, director general of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which is part of the Ministry of Electronics and IT of the Government of India, and Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for information and communications technology in Bangladesh, revealed the information.

The senior officials concerned were present in the meeting.

On the same day, the state minister visited the office of BLS International Services Limited, an Indian outsourcing service provider for government and diplomatic missions worldwide, and inspected the operations of its Customer Service Center located at Geeta Nagar, New Delhi, the release added.

Palak also held a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Col Nikhil Sinha in India.