Thailand’s Digital Economy and Society (DE) Ministry plans to set up a cybersecurity agency and hacker training center to serve Thailand’s digital economy, says DE Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj. The country is facing a big shortage of information security professionals, with fewer than 1,000 Thais working in the cybersecurity field. A UN survey in 2017 showed Thailand was ranked 20th out of 165 countries in a global cybersecurity ranking while Singapore ranked first with a near-perfect approach to cybersecurity