[In the news] BAE Shifts Cyber Software Development to Malaysia (Apr. 15, 2014 | By ANDREW CHUTER ) Excerpts: ..... Late last month, Applied Intelligence (formerly known as Detica) inked a memorandum with the state-owned company CyberSecurity Malaysia for potential future collaboration. The BAE executive said part of the rationale for setting up the facility in Kuala Lumpur is to address national security requirements locally as well as marketing commercial products for finance, energy and other industries across the Southeast Asian region. Watson said Applied Intelligence had looked at other potential sites in Asia, including India and the Philippines, but selected Malaysia due to its pool of high caliber, highly motivated graduates. The fact Britain has a security alliance with the Malaysian government also helped sway the decision as did the low-cost base, about 30 percent below Singapore or Britain, said Watson. “These are computer science, math and other graduates with very analytical minds. They are also some of the most highly motivated staff I have seen globally,” said the executive. ....... Read more defensenews/article/20140415/DEFREG03/304150023/BAE-Shifts-Cyber-Software-Development-Malaysia
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:01:13 +0000
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