ON THE MOVE FOR A CYBERSAFE CALABARZON

By: Raiza Joyce Mendoza

Region IV-A accelerates the move towards a more cyber-resilient CALABARZON with the establishment of its own Computer Emergency Response Team and increased advocacy campaigns reaching 9, 177 individuals

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The inevitable shift of the nation to digitalization admittedly called for a challenging role for the DICT, its attached agencies and responsible law enforcement offices to address the rising problems of illegal cyber activities and threats abusing many Filipinos.

In response to this, the DICT Region IV-A (CALABARZON) reinforces its coordination with public and private institutions in the region with the establishment of its own Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). Tagged as DICTR4-CERT-PH, the team actively responds to cyber incidents being reported to the regional office, and escalates concerns to the National Computer Emergency Response Team (NCERT), Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) and other concerned agencies to resolve the crimes.

Part of its proactive engagements include extensive cyber advocacy programs with 31 advocacies conducted from April to December 2022, reaching 9,177 participants nationwide. By capacitating the weakest link in any organization, its people, the DICT endeavors to raise awareness on the existing cyber threats in the Philippine landscape thus encourage their safeguarding of online activities and cultivate a sense of cyber-resiliency amongst members of the CALABARZON community.