Tang Feng pointed out that Taiwan needs to cultivate the energy of the "red team", so that start-ups and information security companies usually require health checks and simulate attack and defense.

(recaptured from Congressional Channel)

[Reporter Chen Zhengyu/Taipei Report] During the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in August, many government ministries and private websites were "blocked of service".

Digital Development Minister Tang Feng explained today (4th) that Taiwan needs to cultivate "red team" energy, so that startups and information security companies need to conduct health checks and simulate attack and defense on a regular basis, so that loopholes can be proactively discovered and repaired.

The Legislative Yuan today invited the President of the Executive Committee, So Chung Cheong, to lead the heads of ministries and councils to report on the preparation of the "112 Central Government General Budget" and the "Central Government Prospective Infrastructure Project 4th Special Budget" and prepare for inquiries.

Non-party legislator Huang Guoshu pointed out that Chinese people hate cybercrime, and during Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, supermarkets and infrastructure were invaded by hackers in large numbers. Information security protection is a topic that must be faced in the future. Does the Ministry of Digital Development have any Grasp the solution.

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In this regard, Tang Feng explained that during Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, some of them were not intrusions, but "blocking services" that prevented the website from being connected.

The government immediately adopted a new content dissemination technology to disperse data on other computers for protection, which involved the reconstruction of the government's information structure.

Tang Feng said that Taiwan not only resists, but learns from it, and prepares a budget to let the system integrators of the contracting department know how to use advanced technology to build the system, so that it can resist attacks next time. "Learning and growing from attacks is called toughness".

Tang Feng mentioned that Taiwan should cultivate its own "red team" energy, rather than waiting for others to attack, so that new companies and information security companies usually do health checks and simulate attack and defense, so that they can actively find loopholes and repair them.

As for some government and non-governmental departments purchasing information products produced on the other side, does the Ministry of Digital Development take the initiative to investigate and arrest them?

Tang Feng said that there is already an information security audit work, and now it will focus on preventing possible attacks.

The "Red Team" mentioned above means "Red Team Assessment", which is a simulated intrusion attack on an enterprise without affecting the operation of the enterprise.

Enterprises do not limit the targets and attack methods, and conduct attack tests against specified targets within a limited time, and then find loopholes and strengthen defenses.