{"id":283000,"date":"2026-06-27T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/bangladesh-must-strengthen-cybersecurity-the-asian-age-online-bangladesh\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:15:07","slug":"bangladesh-must-strengthen-cybersecurity-the-asian-age-online-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/bangladesh-must-strengthen-cybersecurity-the-asian-age-online-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bangladesh must strengthen cybersecurity&#8217; | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyasianage.com\/news\/354103\/bangladesh-must-strengthen-cybersecurity\">&#8216;Bangladesh must strengthen cybersecurity&#8217; | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyasianage.com\/news\/354103\/bangladesh-must-strengthen-cybersecurity\">https:\/\/dailyasianage.com\/news\/354103\/bangladesh-must-strengthen-cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-27 14:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"dailyasianage.com\">dailyasianage.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <span class=\"caption simple-caption Font_color\"><br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon on Saturday said cybersecurity has become a critical component of national security, stressing that Bangladesh must accelerate information technology adoption and develop a skilled workforce to keep pace with global technological advancement. ExecutiveBranch<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Phoenix Summit Dhaka 2026, powered by Brac Bank in association with Axentec by Robi Axiata, at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital, the minister said the traditional concept of security has evolved significantly, UNB reports.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&#8220;Previously, security meant border security or law-and-order security. But that definition has changed.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Cybersecurity is now one of the most important issues,&#8221; he said. Swapon noted that cybersecurity has become a global priority, adding that the issue was also discussed during recent talks between the leaders of two major world powers. He said Bangladesh is still lagging behind in information technology adoption and needs to move faster to achieve its national development goals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Highlighting the importance of skilled human resources, the minister said the country is facing a shortage of qualified IT professionals, which remains one of the major challenges to its digital transformation. He called for coordinated efforts by the government, industry and educational institutions to formulate a comprehensive human resource development strategy for the IT sector.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The minister said young people should be encouraged and trained to prepare them for future&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyasianage.com\/news\/354103\/bangladesh-must-strengthen-cybersecurity\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Bangladesh must strengthen cybersecurity&#8217; | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh https:\/\/dailyasianage.com\/news\/354103\/bangladesh-must-strengthen-cybersecurity Publish Date: 2026-06-27 14:41:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":283001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dailyasianage.com\/library\/1782585784_4.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-283000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283002,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283000\/revisions\/283002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}