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Defence Secretary opens cyber op centre at SLAF headquarters
View(s):The Defence Ministry’s Cyber Operations Centre at Air Force Headquarters was declared open by the Secretary to the Defence Ministry, Kapila Waidyaratne, this week on the invitation of the Air Force Commander, Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy.
The visiting Secretary Defence was welcomed to the new Cyber Operations Centre by the Chief Information Technology Officer of the SLAF, Air Commodore Arosha Vithana.
Official plaques were exchanged between the Defence Secretary and the Air Force Commander to mark this occasion at the Air Secretariat. The Secretary Defence was also introduced to the Chief of Staff of the SLAF, Air Vice Marshal Sumangala Dias and members of the Air Force Board of Management.
The new Cyber Operations Centre consists of a 24-Hour Monitoring Centre and Cyber Security Analytical Labs, the Air Force said in a news release.
“Cyber Security experts from tri forces are scheduled to operate at this new Operations Centre. With this new venture, the SLAF is taking the lead role in implementing Joint Cyber Security Operations among the Sri Lankan forces,” the release added.