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…
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…
A Kiwi business podcast is not only educating women around the world about the stock market, it’s also inspiring them to dive in and start investing themselves. Girls That Invest is founded and hosted by Simran Kaur and Sonya Gupthan. The best friends launched the podcast in August 2020 with the aim of breaking down investing…
Capacity Magazine, a London based media publication focused on the latest in telecommunications has recognised our very own Shally Jannif. The Digicel Group – Regional Chief Executive Officer – Pacific Group was featured in the magazine’s February/March edition in its 20 Women to Watch segment. Capacity Magazine, a London based media publication focused on the…
A PARTICIPANT in Papua New Guinea’s national cyber security analyst course says training is enhancing for those in the information and communication technology (ICT) field. Digital Services and Cyber Safe Security executive manager Georgina Kiele said it was refreshing for all Government information and technology (IT) officers to learn about cyber defence. “The tier one…
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…
By Maureen Hilyard DYNAMIC COALITION ON SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES IN THE INTERNET ECONOMYDC-SIDS IGF 2021 SESSION: THE PANDEMIC INTERNET: ENSURING SIDS DO NOT FALL BEHIND (Thursday 9 December 2021) Maureen Hilyard (Cook Islands) – DC-SIDS Pacific Co-Chair, ALAC Chair, DotAsia Board Chair, DNS Abuse Institute Advisory Council member, former PICISOC Board Chair PACIFIC SPEAKERS…
Meet the lovely ladies, Mele Manitisa and Florida Tumulango who are currently putting together the Pacific IGF’s first hybrid virtual meeting: Pacific IGF 2021 and APTLD which is taking place from 6 – 9th September, 2021. Mele Manitisa is from Tonga, her experience as a Pacific Islander studying and working in New Zealand has helped her…
This story was originally posted for PICISOC by Maureen Hilyard The PICISOC Board will be hosting several sessions of the first hybrid virtual Pacific IGF conference which is being run in collaboration with APTLD which is also holding its AGM during this event and very gratefully supported by our sponsors: The Internet Society, APTLD, UN…