They call it the Konektadong Pinoy Bill, Senate Bill No. 2699. Cute name. As if baptizing it with “Pinoy” makes it patriotic and “Konektado” makes it competent. In truth, it is the legislative equivalent of plugging a broken router back in and praying it works. The Senate promises every Filipino will finally be online. What it really guarantees is that
Tag: national security
(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 —
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
Let’s talk about something serious — not in a boring, policy-wonk kind of way, but in a “we should actually care about this before things go south” kind of way. Because while we’re busy arguing online, stuck in traffic, or watching another Senate hearing that feels more like a teleserye, the rest of the world is playing 4D chess with
When a few government websites got defaced, it wasn’t just a prank—it was a wake-up call that the Philippines is already caught in the crosshairs of a silent cyber war. I didn’t get hacked. No virus took down my PC. No ransomware locked up my files. But when I saw a few Philippine government websites defaced—replaced with foreign symbols, strange