DND to boost cybersecurity infrastructure, processes -Teodoro

Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday disclosed that the DND was exploring ways to boost the country’s cybersecurity infrastructure and processes to improve the country’s national security posture.

“We have to start from base zero. We have had a gap analysis, and there's a lot to do,” said Teodoro at a cybersecurity conference organized by the Stratbase advisory and research consultancy group, and the Canadian Embassy in Manila.

“We have to put in the right infrastructure, architecture, hardware, software, protocols, and hygiene,” the Defense Secretary added.

“Secondly, contrary to government rules of just-in-time, inventory, etc., we will be building in redundancy, taking into account vendor reliability or servicing reliability.”
 
According to Teodoro, the effort could be “anathema to actual realities of cybersecurity, even in cooperation.”

“Naturally, cooperation in cybersecurity entails a critical political analysis of your foreign partners, like-minded nations, treaty partners. Your friend today could be an adversary tomorrow in different aspects,” he explained.

The Defense chief likewise urged the academe to spur further research and development and to utilize the country’s potential for the provision of revenue, security, and employment to all Filipinos.

 “We know that the Philippines now, as Ambassador (David) Hartman said, is patient zero for vulnerability,” he said.

“This gives us room for working and cooperating with like-minded partners, creating the proper frameworks and operational and institutional arrangements for long-term cooperation, with the Philippines’ interests in mind, and respecting those of like-minded nations,” he added. — DVM, GMA Integrated News