(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 —
Tag: cyber strategy
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