Telenor Myanmar is launching a cloud-based digital security tool, Telenor Web Shield, for its business customers to protect them against cyber threats such as malware, phishing and botnet attacks. The cybersecurity solution, enabled from the Telenor network, was made available on December 1.
Telenor Web Shield blocks threats to customers’ cybersecurity before a connection is established by applying Domain Name System (DNS) security technology. The Web Shield service analyses DNS data to deliver real-time threat protection.
“More and more businesses are moving online and rely on secure digital communications, and COVID-19 has only accelerated this rapid digitalisation. Business owners and executives must relate to and protect their businesses from rising cyber threats,” said Daw Yin Yin Htay, Chief Business Officer at Telenor Myanmar.
“Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been challenged by the need for cybersecurity solutions to protect their customers, employees and partners beyond the standard firewall and antivirus software. Firewall and antivirus software may block some threats but today’s security threats like malware, phishing and botnets are getting more sophisticated,” said Sid Pisharoti, Regional Vice President - APJ Media and Carrier from Akamai, Telenor Myanmar’s technology partner on the Web Shield product.
By placing cybersecurity systems on the Telenor network, business customers can obtain stronger and more up-to-date protection against cyber threats than what individual software clients can deliver. With every business device and server open to cyber security attacks, Telenor Web Shield will make customers much harder to reach.
The launch comes at a time when concerns with cybersecurity and online safety are growing in Myanmar, and customers are looking to telecoms operators and the government for protection. There is currently no legislation protecting consumers against cyber crimes, and the authorities have yet to release an official cybersecurity policy.
Even so, four in 10 respondents expect internet service providers to help protect them online, according to a poll by U-Report Myanmar from earlier this year.
Source: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/telenor-introduces-cybersecurity-service-myanmar.html