Shortage of security experts leaves hackers ruling the roost

Viet Nam faces a huge shortage of network security experts even as a string of hacking incidents has shown that computer security in the country is seriously flawed.

Vo Do Thang, training manager at a center for network administration and network security, said while there are thousands of banks and brokerages, the number of experienced network security experts remains small. Even many bank branches lack network security personnel, he said.

Nguyen Thanh Tu, manager of a network security company, said the shortage was in terms both of quality and numbers. The quality of training was less than optimum, he said.