Breaches and Incidents
Best Practices on Data Breach Prevention
In the light of the current threat landscape in Malaysia, National Cyber Coordination and Command Centre (NC4), would like to urge all organisations both public and private sectors to take immediate actions in implementing stronger cyber security measures and perform due diligence to ensure that systems and networks are adequately protected against unauthorised data access.
- First observed
- 12 Jun 2022
- Last checked
- 01 Aug 2026
- Evidence records
- 1
- Publication state
- Published
What happened?
Current assessment
In the light of the current threat landscape in Malaysia, National Cyber Coordination and Command Centre (NC4), would like to urge all organisations both public and private sectors to take immediate actions in implementing stronger cyber security measures and perform due diligence to ensure that systems and networks are adequately protected against unauthorised data access.
Why it matters
Information leakage, loss of reputation, loss of confidence and service disruption.
Who is affected?
Affected products and groups
No affected entity has been safely confirmed in the structured record yet.
What should you do now?
Actions from official guidance
For technical teams
- Aligned with the previous alert published on 16 April 2022, NC4 urge organisations to take the following additional measures: Official source
- Perform personnel and vendor’s security checks prior to giving access to your data, system and network. Perform periodic user access control list reviews to ensure that only authorised personnel have access to your resources. Ensure that all individuals who have access to the system and data/database have read and agreed to the terms of acceptable use policies. Ensure that personnel and vendors have gone through a thorough security vetting and have signed Non Disclosure Agreement. Practice the 7 Principles of Data Protection. Official source
Which sources support it?
Evidence and official sources
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NACSA / NC4 Alerts and AdvisoriesOfficial sourceBest Practices on Data Breach Prevention
In the light of the current threat landscape in Malaysia, National Cyber Coordination and Command Centre (NC4), would like to urge all organisations both public and private sectors to take immediate actions in implementing stronger cyber security measures and perform due diligence to ensure that systems and networks are adequately protected against unauthorised data access.
Published 12 Jun 2022 · Retrieved 01 Aug 2026