Second Malaysian Internet Governance Forum
The second Malaysian Internet Governance Forum (MYIGF2017), a national level forum, was held on 4 October 2017 in Selangor, Malaysia. The main theme was ‘Cyber Security for Trusted Digital Economy’, which, with the rapid growth of technology and its security challenges, was considered to be well timed and quite relevant. According to Mr Dato’ Kamel Mohamad, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Higher Education, ‘this is an era of the fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0), which has the potential to empower, transform and reorganise individuals and communities as it would create new opportunities for economic and social development’.
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