• Pakistan is not ready for cyber warfare, PIIA conference told
• Expert says those who believed their privacy remained intact in cyberspace lived in imaginary world
KARACHI: Experts at a conference on Saturday said that the country was more than 20 years behind the world in the field of digital security and it must move forward on a very fast track by adopting predictive cybersecurity infused with Artificial Intelligence in order to have a standing in the world of information in cyberspace.
The conference — Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Cyber Security — was organised by the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA) here.
There was a consensus among speakers that awareness of cybersecurity must be spread through educational institutions, particularly universities, and webinars and seminars should be conducted to make the general public aware of the challenges.
They were also of the view that the government should also let people work freely to bring required changes in the field.
Speaking on the occasion, Ammar Hussain Jaffri, a former senior official of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) who also headed the National Response Centre for Cyber…
