On April 10, 2026, FSI Investment Trading and Technology Development Joint Stock Company in coordination with FSI DDS Data Recovery and Protection Center and DDS Company (Japan) organized the Forum "Personal Data Protection Law: Challenges and Compliance Solutions for FDI Enterprises" at the National Convention Center, Hanoi.
According to the National Cyber Security Association, in 2025, about 52% of businesses in Vietnam were recorded to have been cyberattacked. Notably, not only small businesses but even organizations with good security systems have become targets.
For FDI enterprises, the risk is increasing due to the characteristic of owning a large amount of high-value data such as research and development (R&D) data, technical drawings, customer data and supply chains. In particular, cross-border data rotation between Vietnam and the parent company is one of the weak points that easily increases the leakage risk of these units.
In parallel, legal regulations on data in Vietnam are increasingly being improved and tightened. Decree 13/2023/ND-CP and related regulations require businesses not only to protect data but also to prove their ability to control and process data according to regulations. The Law on Protection of Personal Data also clearly stipulates sanctions for violations and data leakage that may be fined up to 3 billion VND or 5% of annual revenue.
At the event, Mr. Kumagai - representative of DDS Company (Japan) assessed that the internet environment is similar to the human immune system. Natural antibodies or vaccines can only help us defend against recognized viruses, but cannot prevent new variants.
Meanwhile, about 120 million new malware is created and spread in cyberspace every day. This shows that traditional protection layers at the input and inside the system such as Firewall, UTM or Antivirus, although necessary, are still not enough. In the context that data has become a core asset, businesses need to add an output protection layer to control and prevent data leaks," said Mr. Kumagai, representative of DDS Company.
According to Mr. Nguyen Hung Son - Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of FSI Investment Trading and Technology Development Joint Stock Company - emphasized that FDI enterprises are the group facing the highest level of risk in the business community in Vietnam, when they simultaneously bear a lot of compliance pressure.
At the forum, FSI and FSI DDS officially introduced F-DDH BOX – a solution to control and prevent data loss at exit points. Unlike traditional security solutions focused on preventing unauthorized access from the outside, F-DDH BOX is designed to monitor and control data flows from inside the system to the outside. The solution allows detection of unusual connections, real-time warnings and prevents the risk of data leakage even if the system has been compromised.
Most businesses today invest heavily in firewalls and antivirus to prevent external attacks, but lack data control mechanisms when they are inside the system. This is the'blind spot' in security that many organizations have not fully identified," Mr. Nguyen Hung Son shared.
