Bangladesh has faced a surge in phishing attacks targeting government agencies, law enforcement and educational institutions. Attackers impersonate official entities using spoofed domains, malicious attachments and fraudulent links to steal credentials and sensitive information. Traditional security measures often focus on reactive threat responses, struggling to keep pace with attackers’ evolving tactics. The challenge lies in shifting from a tool-centric, detection-based approach to an intelligence-driven, proactive security strategy that prioritizes outcomes – minimizing successful attacks and strengthening long-term cyber resilience.

The BGD e-GOV CIRT plays a key role in advancing this collaborative, intelligence-driven resilience model through three key elements:

• Threat identification: Continuous monitoring and investigation of malicious domains, fraudulent email campaigns and attack patterns to uncover evolving phishing tactics.
• Detection and prevention support: Development of intelligence-driven detection rules to enhance cybersecurity defences.
• Stakeholder alerts and risk mitigation: Delivery of timely alerts and actionable insights to government agencies and security teams, enabling pre-emptive actions to block phishing attempts.

Through cybersecurity threat intelligence and early-warning capabilities, BGD e-GOV CIRT strengthened threat detection, improved incident response coordination and promoted a proactive security culture across critical sectors in the country, contributing to stronger national cyber resilience.