The month of October in every year, Tonga’s National Computer Emergency Response Team – CERT Tonga marked it as the Cyber Awareness Month – this year we called it Cybertober. After lockdowns and many months of work from home, 2022 was rightfully the year to go big and make awareness and noise in Tonga with…
In August, the GFCE Pacific Hub team made a courtesy call to the Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku as the Minister responsible for Digital Transformation and a champion of many cyber initiatives in the wider Pacific region. The GFCE Pacific Hub was represented by the Director, Mr. Siosaia Vaipuna who will be based In Tonga…
Source: Tonga Women in ICT (TWICT) TWICT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) with CERT TONGA, under MEIDECC which will enable the group to carry out public awareness on Cybercrime in Tonga. The MOU will enable TWICT to act hand in hand with CERT TONGA in delivering awareness in the Kingdom of Tonga. This will…
Tonga’s future management of catastrophes and national planning for disaster risks will be strengthened by improving national information systems and data collection, particularly disaster risk finance data. About 60 people in Nuku’alofa are this week attending a Stakeholder and Surveyors Training Workshop on risk assessment aimed at improving the Pacific Risk Information System and to strengthen…
Press Release April 2022 April 22, 2022(For Immediate Release) Suva, Fiji (22 April 2022) – The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) in association with Pacific Island Association of NGOs (PIANGO), the European Union Funded UNDP Public Finance Management Project with supporting partners CERT NZ, Samoa Information Technology Association (SITA), Tonga Women in…
by Selu Kauvaka The evening of Saturday 15th January 2022 will live in the memories of Tongans for a lifetime. A powerful and explosive eruption from the volcano Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai occurred and affected the whole of Tonga. The disaster was catastrophic as the tsunami waves and shockwaves was evident all the way to…
Scenario Tongan Women in ICT was established with the aim of improving participation of women and girls in ICT and as a hub providing a voice in this male-dominated area. “We want to get more females in the group, encouraging women to take up technology. I’ve noticed that girls go overseas to study ICT and…
By Mele Manitisa Tonga alongside Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Samoa was fortunate to be a part of the APNIC Foundation Pacific Technical Training Project (PACTRAINING). This project comprised of workshops and series of technical training conducted to reduce the national-level network inefficiencies and improve Internet connectivity in each country. Following the completion of the…
To combat cyber-attacks and cybercrime activities, Tonga National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Tonga) conducted a five-day awareness program in Vava’u on cyber related threats that are happening in Tonga and how to mitigate the impact. The weeklong program which ran from 15th – 19th February brought together representatives from private sector, line ministries mainly the Officers…
CERT Tonga continues its awareness program with the Ministry of Internal Affair at their conference room on Thursday, 5 November 2020. The program was a joint session with one of Tonga’s Get Safe Online ambassadors and staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Viliami Fusimalohi. We appreciate the time and opportunity afforded to us by…