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HÀ NỘI — A cyber security handbook for women leaders was launched on Thursday by the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Việt Nam Women Entrepreneurs Council.

The book provides businesswomen and female leaders of enterprises and organisations with basic knowledge of information safety on the internet and cyber security, prevention measures, how to detect cyber threats, and necessary actions in response to cyber attacks.

The launch formed part of a programme that supports women-led enterprises, associations, societies, clubs and social organisations, and businesswomen to safely use and exploit information and data in cyberspace. This programme part of the UN Women’s regional project “Women, Peace and Cyber security: Promoting Women’s Peace and Security in the Digital World”.

According to many studies, women often face bigger risks when using the internet as gender-related barriers hamper them from accessing opportunities to join in training, exchanges, and other activities related to technology and digital transformation, especially when it comes to women in rural and remote areas, women and girls with disabilities, and elder women.

In her remarks, acting Interim UN Women Representative in Việt Nam Caroline Nyamayemombe said that this handbook has a very wide scope of use and access. By equipping women leaders in the country with specialised knowledge and necessary resources, it is expected to actively contribute to common efforts in empowering women so that they can respond quickly and confidently in cyberspace.

At the event, speakers talked about opportunities and challenges to women-owned businesses in the digital era, information safety and cyber security for businesses and particularly female-owned enterprises, along with measures to assist those firms to improve their digital transformation capacity and ensure cyber security. — VNS