Part V of the act deals with the establishment of a Data Protection Authority, first proposed in November 2022.

“As we go into digitalisation, we must also ensure cybersecurity."

While risks certainly exist, said de Silva, appropriate regulation is the way to mitigate them.

“National security is not a slogan. National security takes specific forms."

This is despite nearly all mobile operators in Sri Lanka being private for decades.

Females holding only 34 percent of the jobs in the sector

IQ Global website is available online for companies.

Acuity has a 500 person operation in Sri Lanka

High inflation following a collapse of the currency has reduced real incomes of customers

However if a small country has a large number of a particular search interest, then the result can be amplified