The government has decided to set up a Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) under Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) to address the cyber attacks, officials sources said.
They said the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division has issued an office order giving mandate to Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) CIRT to act as Government Computer Incident Response Team under the titled “BGD e-Gov CIRT.
“The government is making its best efforts to establish national cyber security incident management capabilities in Bangladesh as cyber crime and cyber attacks have emerged as a 
threat to digitization and IT system,” said Tarique M Barkatullah Director of National Data Center, reports BSS.
He said the BGD e-Gov CIRT will manage cyber security incidents in Bangladesh government network and related infrastructure.
The BGD e-Gov CIRT will serve as a catalyst in organizing national cyber security resilience initiatives including education, workforce competence, regulation, cyber exercises among various stakeholders, Tarique said.
He said the main objective of BGD e-Gov CIRT is to support the government efforts to develop and amplify ICT programmes by establishing and maintaining cyber security incident management capabilities within environment of government of Bangladesh.
According to BCC as per terms and conditions there will be one team leader along with other members in the CIRT team from Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project and BCC.
LICT Project Director Md. Rezaul Karim said the CIRT will be accountable to the Executive Director of BCC through the Director, Data Center of BCC.
The BGD e-Gov CIRT will be made a regular set up of BCC after the project competition as per rules and regulations thereof, he said.
