Vice Premier Simon Chang (張善政) yesterday vowed that the government would invest more in developing information security, as well as sponsoring more competitors in hacking contests.
Facing increasing hacking attacks, the government has started first-line and second-line information security operation centers, Chang said.
Government agencies would be in charge of the first-line centers, which are to alert national-level centers when attacks happen so information security data can be analyzed and pre-emptive action taken against future attacks.
Chang said the government has not spent enough time training information security personnel, vowing that it would systemically train information security experts.
Chang said information security experts need professional equipment, training in theory and actual tests.
In the past, there have only been two or three hours of actual tests in schools, which is clearly insufficient to fully learn about information attacks, he said, adding that the government would arrange for internships in private firms during vacations, so that professors and the students would learn more through experience.
However, Taiwan would not invest as large an amount of resources into training hacking contest competitors as some other nations such as South Korea do, which is comparable to training Olympic athletes, he said.
Professional contestants would be sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Affairs to take part in international hacking contests, while student contestants would be sponsored by the Ministry of Education, he said.
Taiwanese in hacking contests would be people who would have not only the professional skills, but also the ability to making a living with them, he added.
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