Key Takeaways
- The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has warned Pakistan lacks real-time visibility of cyber threats.
- Such a system would provide real-time monitoring of cyber threats across all critical sectors.
- Improved coordination among regulators, operators, and Security Operations Centres is recommended.
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has warned that Pakistan currently lacks real-time visibility of cyber threats targeting Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) across different sectors.
This gap in monitoring creates significant challenges in the country’s ability to detect and respond to major cyber incidents, according to the NCCIA.
In a briefing submitted to the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology, the NCCIA highlighted that monitoring of sector-specific CII is generally carried out through Security Operations Centres (SOCs) established and managed by the relevant regulators and organisations.
However, the NCCIA stated that it does not currently have direct access to a consolidated national threat-intelligence platform or a unified threat-landscape dashboard.
Such a system would provide real-time monitoring of cyber threats across all critical sectors, enhancing the country’s cybersecurity posture.
According to the NCCIA, the lack of an integrated national mechanism for sharing cyber threat information may limit timely awareness of the cyber threat situation, early-warning capabilities, and coordinated incident response at the national level.
The agency recommended stronger cyber threat-intelligence sharing among regulators, CII operators, and SOCs.
Improved coordination, the NCCIA said, would significantly strengthen Pakistan’s cyber resilience and its ability to respond to major cybersecurity incidents.
