(Now With Less Bureaucracy, More Actual Defense) So you want to protect the Philippines from cyber threats?Nice. Us too. But here’s the catch:We can’t keep saying “we need better cybersecurity” and then hand over the entire IT budget to (1) antivirus software from 2009 and (2) a printer that keeps printing sideways. It’s time we build a starter pack —
Category: National Security
Because we can Google it ourselves, thank you very much. Let’s not sugarcoat it: Philippine cybersecurity is behind. Behind in funding. Behind in skills development. Behind in taking threats seriously until they hit us square in the NBI database. And what’s the usual response? “Hire a foreign consultant!”Preferably someone who charges six figures, presents a fancy PowerPoint, and whose only
Have you ever read something that feels like the global version of your family group chat—chaotic, full of drama, and somehow still functional? That’s how I felt digging through the ODNI’s 2025 Annual Threat Assessment (link here) right after publishing The Global Frenemies Report You Didn’t Know You Needed. Let’s just say the vibes matched. If my first post was
So the U.S. Intelligence Community dropped their 2025 Annual Threat Assessment — aka the “here’s who’s causing us migraines this year” report — and it’s a wild ride. Think of it like the world’s most serious group chat, where the ODNI (Office of the Director of National Intelligence) spills the tea on all the countries and chaos threatening America’s peace