Marcos OK'd national cybersecurity plan - DICT chief Uy

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. has approved the National Cybersecurity Plan for 2024–2028 to provide the country with operational guidelines when it comes to building its cybersecurity posture. 

This was announced by Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy at a press briefing in Malacañang on Thursday.

“We presented the national cybersecurity plan to the President. This was, you know, more than a year in the making, and it’s actually a very comprehensive plan covering the years 2024–2028. It’s a document that provides policy direction, as well as operational guidelines on how to build up our cybersecurity posture vis-à-vis the rest of the world,” Uy said.

Earlier, the President instructed the police to intensify its cybersecurity systems by further training personnel and investing in technology.

Uy said the plan would address the need to develop good policies to ensure a safe cyber landscape for the country, identify cyber assets and infrastructure that need protection, and provide government agencies and sectors with guidelines on how to respond to any cyberattacks or attempts.

Further, he said the plan would incorporate advanced threat assessment so that even before those incidents happen, the government may obtain information ahead from its international partners.

Another important component of the plan is the capacity-building and upskilling of cybersecurity personnel, according to Uy.

“So, we are intensifying on a massive scale our training and our capacity building for cybersecurity, for AI (artificial intelligence), and for many of the emerging technologies among our digital workforce,” Uy said.

''We’re also doing more information campaigns to make the public aware of the risks involved and the different schemes and scams that are out there.'' —VBL, GMA Integrated News