Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka

Govt.’s eDevelopment plan fully geared for national reconciliation: ICTA CEO

Monday, 01 October 2012 14:26

“Every ICT enabled effort in Government’s National eDevelopment plan is a step forward towards national reconciliation”. This was stated by ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) CEO Reshan Dewapura recently (18).

Dewapura said so while participating at the National Conference on the Role of ICT in Reconciliation held at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS) in Colombo.

During his address at the conference Dewapura cited several examples demonstrating the important “Role of ICT in Reconciliation with a specific focus on Bridging the Divide through ICT.”

Pointing out the great achievement reached by the Government led by His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa in laying down the very foundation of reconciliation Dewapura said on a positive note: “We are now able to reach all parts of our beautiful country; we are now able to reach all of our country’s communities. We can use ICT to accelerate this process, and take the true benefit of development to them.”

Language in ICT promoting reconciliation

Speaking further on the occasion the ICTA CEO also gave an overview of what ICTA initiated projects were doing island-wide to bring the benefits of ICT to the people. He pointed out that very same process had contributed to much for the promotion of reconciliation: “Almost 400 government organisations now have a web presence with websites of varying complexity, but what is common is that all of them are in three languages. That is not just a mere facilitation, but adherence to the ICT policy of the Government.

Sri Lankan team enters Global CyberLympics World Finals

Friday, 28 September 2012 10:28

Sri Lankan team ‘WhiteHat’, having survived stiff competition from regional giants from the Asia Pacific region, entered the Global CyberLympics world finals to be held in Miami, Florida in October.

The Global CyberLympics is a not-for-profit initiative of the EC-Council Foundation supported by the Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Its goal is to raise awareness towards increased education and ethics in information security through a series of cyber competitions that encompass forensics, ethical hacking and defence. The mission statement of the Global CyberLympics is “Unifying Global Cyber Defence through the Games."

The regional qualifying rounds of the competition were conducted in North America, Europe, Africa, South America, Middle-East and the Asia Pacific. The Sri Lankan team came out on top in the Asia Pacific region to reach the finals.

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team | Coordination Centre (CERT|CC), was instrumental in recognising local Information Security skills by selecting the team WhiteHat for the competition. CERT|CC a fully owned subsidiary of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and the National Centre for Cyber Security in Sri Lanka, did so after a stringent selection process. The sponsor for the team was the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL). TRCSL contributed immensely to the success of the team by providing the necessary connectivity infrastructure and other facilities and logistics for the team members to participate in the CyberLympics.

ICTA, knowledge partner to Ananda College ICT society “Pulz’ 12”

Friday, 28 September 2012 10:10

The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) will be knowledge partner to Ananda College ICT Society annual conference, “Pulz’ 12”.

Throughout its 25-year legacy of 25 glorious years, the ICT society of Ananda College (ACICTS) has rendered a great service to the school and the country. It has produced many giants in the field of modern ICT. Taking a leap above the contemporary ICT societies, each year ACICTS organises “Pulz”, the annual ICT conference of Ananda College. This is one of the most unique and enthusiastically awaited ICT related events in Sri Lanka.

Continuing its legacy to greater heights the ACICTS has taken steps to organise the latest version of the Pulz series, “Pulz’ 12”. It will be held on October 1st at Hotel Galadari, Colombo 01.

Commending the endeavour to always keep improving that has marked the activities of Ananda College ICT Society, ICTA CEO Reshan Dewapura said: “A look at the activities of the jubilee celebrant ACICTS shows that each year it has made tremendous improvement on the previous year. This determination to always look ‘ad astra’ without sitting complacent on the laurels of achievements already made is a sure foundation for success. I am glad that the great past and current leaders of Ananda College have instilled this trait in the student body of this great college”.