Instead of working in isolation, government agencies dealing with cybercrime have decided to take a more holistic approach in tackling the problems of cyber security and cybercrime to protect citizens. The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), Vanuatu Police Force (VPF), Vanuatu Bureau of Standards (VBS), Vanuatu Internet Governance Forum (VanIGF) and the Telecommunications…
Earlier this year I had the chance to join a group of experts from across the Asia-Pacific to explore the future of digital government. The workshop was organized as a part of UNDESA’s outreach to inform the 2020 UN E-Government Survey and was designed to look at the specific challenges faced by Least Developed Countries…
InternetNZ is pleased to announce its security product, Defenz DNS Firewall, is now consuming CERT NZ’s local threat feed. Defenz DNS Firewall protects Internet users from phishing attacks, malware, ransomware and botnets helping to manage online security risks. Defenz already draws on an international cyberthreat feed curated by Akamai which analyses global DNS traffic. The…
Written by Cherie Lagakali, Board Secretary, PICISOC (Pacific Island Chapter of the Internet Society); and Klee Aiken, GFCE Advisory Board member. In February 2020, the GFCE held its inaugural regional Pacific event in Melbourne, in the margins of the OCSC-GCSCC 2020 Global Cybersecurity Capacity Building Conference. During the event, donors, project implementers and Pacific partners…
Co-authored by Cherie Lagakali and Klée Aiken As discussions around all things digital become increasingly mainstreamed, cyber capacity building has established itself as a key component in the development agenda. Capacity building, broadly defined as — “stimulating change by developing or strengthening the capabilities and competencies of individuals, institutions, governments and societies ‘at large,’” with an emphasis on the…