Armada Innovation Labs, a local firm that now primarily delivers penetration testings and bug bounty enablement services, has officially launched last December 2022 despite already being in the country for more than half a decade since 2016.
While the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is eyeing short-course training programs for cybersecurity experts and software engineers, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said developing talent for cybersecurity should start from basic education.
Blockchain company Binance has recently partnered with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), to share its insights and experiences in preventing cybercrime using blockchain forensics with the various law enforcement agencies.
The 2022 Online Authentication Barometer has identified that entering passwords online has dropped by 5% to 9% across all five major use-cases that it tracks -- including accessing financial services, work computers and accounts, social media, streaming services, and smart home devices -- compared to last year.
The three-day event featured sessions on cybersecurity best practices, trainings and certification tracks along with segments on ICT development and gender equality and social inclusion in ICT.
The BSP said it recently completed the Advanced SupTech Engine for Risk-Based Compliance (ASTERisC*), which will soon be deployed among selected BSP Supervised Financial Institutions (BSFIs).
Philippine companies paid $1.6 billion on average through the nose for ransomware attacks in 2022, making the country the third most-extorted by ransomware in the world next only to Japan and the Netherlands, according to cybersecurity firm Sophos.
