MANILA, Philippines – Layon ng Israel na mapalawak ang cybersecurity presence nito sa Pilipinas kasabay ng pagsasabing ito ang isa sa ‘most attacked countries’ sa Southeast Asia.
“One of the sectors that we identified there as very relevant and important for relationships was definitely the cybersecurity sector. I think that the cybersecurity sector, when we talk about the Israel-Philippine relationship, enjoys both the demand from the Philippine side, because we are well known for very advanced, proven cybersecurity solutions,” sinabi ni Israeli Economic Counsellor Ofek Venecianer sa isang event nitong Huwebes, Marso 26.
Aniya, isinasagawa ang mas malalim pang cybersecurity partnerships at mga kasunduan sa pagitan ng Israel at Pilipinas sa pagpapabuti ng cybersecurity ng bansa.
“I think this is a great momentum that we’re trying, of course, to leverage and bring to the table more players from the Philippines side and from the Israeli side as well,” dagdag pa.
Sinabi ni Israeli Ambassador Dana Kursh na kailangang mapabuti ang kaalaman, teknolohiya at kapabilidad ng Pilipinas dahil sa high involvement ng teknolohiya sa magiging mga labanan.
“Cybersecurity is a huge and grave threat because it can impact us easily… It is something that is relevant to this war and we can learn from it and we can exchange best practices to utilize. We can be either defensive or offensive.”
“Cybersecurity is the next war. It’s the war today… I don’t want cyber security or any other innovative tool to be against someone. I want it to be for something. So, we have to find ways to think together and to prepare for not the next future, but the future is now to see how we protect our citizens, both from ballistic missiles and from hackers that want to make harm for us and for the next generation of us,” dagdag pa. RNT/JGC
