The Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar emphasized developing own cloud system for the sake of national security. He also urged the media workers to gain knowledge in this regard.
The minister made this call before distributing certificates to participants at a workshop on cloud computing organized by Telecom and Technology Reporters Network Bangladesh (TRNB) on Monday.
Highlighting the importance of cloud computing, Mustafa Jabbar said, we must use data. It is our wealth, so the place to keep it must be safe. At one time there was no concept of cloud in Bangladesh. Now that everything has gone digital, there is no alternative to the cloud. It is important for journalists to have knowledge about these issues. Such a workshop was very important for them.
Stating that many people are being cheated due to lack of awareness and greed, the minister said that social media could not be controlled even before 2018. Their community standards were one of the reasons for deregulation. At present, we have been able to improve that situation a lot.
In the workshop, the need of cloud computing in Bangladesh, role of cloud in information security, internet services and quality improvement were presented. Telecommunications news workers working in different media of the country participated in it.
It is possible to provide cloud services across the country without internet. And Mubarak Hossain, country organizer of OpenStack Bangladesh, an organization working with cloud, told about the huge possibility of saving dollars through the use of domestic cloud. He said that it is possible to create and use own cloud in Bangladesh. In this work, domestic company A Cloud Planet has set up four data centers in Dhaka, Cumilla and Chattogram. OpenStake Cloud is also used there. In the last five years they have been serving about 1 million people.
Speakers at the workshop highlighted how it is possible to save dollars by using this native cloud. Because using the domestic cloud does not require foreign software or any additional services for their security.
Regarding the security of domestic cloud, Mubarak Hossain said, it is not possible to attack from abroad as our domestic cloud is connected through local internet exchange. Any attack from within the country can be immediately countered and quickly prosecuted under domestic law. So this domestic cloud service is said to be 100% safe. Apart from this, according to the instructions of Bangladesh Bank, it is mandatory to keep the bank’s server inside the country. Similarly, it is logical to keep servers of services like NID, ticketing inside the country for the sake of security. Apart from this, if the information is kept on the local server, the internet will not be required to work with that information. This will greatly reduce the cost at the customer level.
Secretary of Telecom and Technology Reporters Network Bangladesh (TRNB) Masuduzzaman Robin delivered the welcome speech at the workshop.
