Cybersecurity Empowerment: Visayas Command IT Personnel Successfully Trained for Protection and Response

 

CEBU CITY – The Information Technology personnel of the Visayas Command (Viscom) have successfully completed cybersecurity training aimed at enhancing their capabilities in protection, detection, and response to cyber breaches.

Viscom Commander Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo announced the collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications Technology-Central Visayas (DICT-7) to conduct a two-day cybersecurity training for 29 soldiers. The training, organized by the Assistant Chief of Unified Command Staff for Communications, Electronics, and Information Systems of Viscom and the DICT-7 Cybersecurity Division, aimed to equip IT personnel with the skills necessary for handling cybersecurity incidents.

Arevalo revealed plans to establish a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) within the command to effectively address and mitigate cybersecurity breaches. He emphasized the evolving nature of cybersecurity threats, ranging from identity theft to botnets and ransomware, orchestrated by various threat actors, including cybercrime syndicates, insiders, and hackers.

In a statement, Arevalo stressed the importance of adapting to the rapidly changing technological landscape, stating, “With the blistering pace of technological change, the cybersecurity threat has evolved dramatically...”

DICT-7 cybersecurity lead Royden Rusiana and cybersecurity specialist Phoebus Keith Advincula played pivotal roles in providing lectures and hands-on training to educate participants about emerging trends in IT vulnerabilities and security issues.

“To better perform our mandate, we must continue to learn, innovate, and adapt to the ever-changing security environment,” Arevalo added.(PNA)