By Klée Aiken Last month #PaCSON came together to build the #CyberSmartPacific initiative to build awareness on four key ways to step up your digital safety and security! Use a password manager Turn on two-factor authentication Update your devices Check your privacy settings Our first dip into International #Cyber Awareness Month as a network, together…
By Letitia Masaea The Second Pacific Women in ICT Virtual (PICwICT) Meetup saw an introduction to IGF with a panel of regional women IGF experts. A total of 18 Pacific Women in ICT attended to listen, learn and collaborate online. Sylvia Cadena, IGF MAG member and Head of Programs at the APNIC Foundation; spoke on…
Investigation officers within the Cyber Crime Unit, Transnational Crime and Intelligence Bureau participated in a Cyber Threat Landscape and Artifacts workshop yesterday. The workshop was facilitated by Cyber Safety Pasifika (CSP) in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) and Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). Officers joined the Zoom training session from six…
By Maureen Hilyard DYNAMIC COALITION OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (DC-SIDS) IN THE INTERNET ECONOMY IGF SESSION REPORT — FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 2020 After a welcome by Tracy Hackshaw (Caribbean) and Maureen Hilyard (Pacific)- co-founders of DC-SIDS, a short tribute to the memory of Marilyn Cade was presented to acknowledge a special women who gave…
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…
In 2016, the government of Vanuatu was rushing to address what was seen by politicians and senior bureaucrats as a rising tide of increasingly intemperate talk, bullying and unwanted information on the internet. This coincided with a global effort by the executive of the International Telecommunications Union, or ITU. Without a mandate from its members, it…
A virtual weeklong workshop conducted by the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) for local IT technical engineers is currently underway. The workshop aims to examine the elements involved in establishing and maintaining security for a network, and building an understanding and familiarity with the operations. Device and network infrastructure will also be examined in…
The GFCE has appointed Cherie Lagakali as the GFCE’s first Pacific Liaison. This role and appointment follows the GFCE’s first Pacific Regional Meeting, held in Melbourne in February 2020 and in the margins of the OCSC-GCSCC 2020 Global Cybersecurity Capacity Building Conference. The GFCE Pacific Regional Meeting provided an opportunity for donors, project implementers and Pacific Island…
Globally, October is marked as the “International Cyber Security Awareness Month.” This year a regional Cyber Security Awareness Campaign “Cyber Smart Pacific 2020” was initiated by CERT Vanuatu, CERT NZ, CERT Tonga and MCIT Samoa. This joint effort is a collaboration by Pacific Cyber Security Network Operations (PaCSON); a Platform where all can share information,…
Pacific Women in ICT (PICwICT) held its first virtual meetup in September. This meetup was initiated after a series of Pacific Women features by PICISOC where women in ICT were invited to share their stories. What started off as an idea for a virtual wine catch up resulted in the creation of a mailing list to capture…