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Taiwan has a unique international position and therefore occupies
a key position in global information security. Many hackers have honed
their skills in new types of attacks or learned new methods of attacks
here and we have become a veritable "cybersecurity firing range" for
the world. Given that building information security intelligence sharing
mechanisms and using regional allied defense strategies to reduce
threats are the global trend of information security nowadays, Taiwan's
experiences are a great reference. In particular, unique attacks,
analyses of attack models, and a wealth of information security defense
experiences and data accumulated in Taiwan have become valuable for
the development of anti-hacking strategies by governments or solutions
by information security companies.

Secondly, local governments are proactively establishing
diverse, comprehensive, and suitable information security testing sites
for the research and development of domestic information security
technologies. For instance, the Smart Machinery Promotion Office
in Taichung can be used in information security training and attack-
defense drills in the operational technology (OT) sector. The 5G
information security experimental site in the Startup Terrace startup
village is a 5G-ready site that facilitates deployment and testing by
businesses. 5G information security tests are performed, and safeguard
solutions go through actual attacks. The IoT Cyber Security Test Center
at the Hutoushan Innovation Hub offers the smart industry one-stop
information security test services. They provide the strong support
required to develop the information security industry in Taiwan. The
Southern Taiwan Information Security Cluster is also being promoted,
and the Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City is driving the
formation of a Southern Taiwan IoT and Information Security Center.

It is worth mentioning that the information security environment in
Taiwan is drawing attention in the US and Japan. AIT and Taiwan jointly
held the Cyber Offensive and Defensive Exercises for the first time in
November 2019, for example, and Taiwan is becoming an important
information security partner of other countries.

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