The Malaysian Government has inked a software and services agreement with Canadian firm BlackBerry to boost Malaysia’s cybersecurity capabilities.
The deal will enable the government to leverage the full suite of BlackBerry cybersecurity solutions and support the integrity of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
This also will involve upskilling the nation’s workforce with cybersecurity technology and training.
The solutions include Cylance AI to predict and prevent cyberattacks, NATO-certified SecuSUITE for secured communications, Unified Endpoint Management to protect government data and AtHoc for critical event management and incident response.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the collaboration intends to support Malaysia’s goal towards achieving cyber-resilience – with the promise of data sovereignty, for our government information, data, and communications.
The Malaysian public sector will benefit from secure, reliable, real-time access to BlackBerry software and services, hosted in a sovereign cloud.
To establish CCoE
BlackBerry will also establish a Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence (CCoE) facility in Kuala Lumpur next year to offer proficiency courses for future Malaysian cyber professionals.
BlackBerry said the Malaysian cyber agreement aligns with the Canadian government’s efforts to offer capacity-building assistance to Southeast Asian partners under Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy.
The move is expected to improve intelligence sharing between Malaysia and Canada and defend against evolving malicious activities targeting businesses, governments, and infrastructure.
Malaysia is also inviting foreign investments and partnerships to rapidly scale up the technology and train the nation’s workforce.
