The Palace welcomed on Sunday the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) adoption of a proposal of Defense Secretary Voltaire
Gazmin calling for the establishment of a cyber security group in the region.
“Ikinagagalak natin ang pagpapahayag ng suporta ng ibang mga
kalapit-bansa ng Pilipinas,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said
in a radio interview on Sunday.
“Sadyang mahalaga ‘yung pagkakaisa ng mga bansa sa
pagpapatatag sa cyber security dahil nga sa lumalawak na — o lumalaganap na pagtatangka
o aktwal na paglabag ng mga masasamang elemento sa mga umiiral na batas na kung
saan ay pinagsasamantalahan sa pamamagitan ng digital technology ang
sitwasyon,” he said.
Because this is global in scope, ensuring a more effective
cyber security requires cooperation among nations, according to Coloma.
Cyber security is a major issue, he said, because it
threatens not only every country’s national defense but also the economy as
well as individual privacy of citizens.
The Department of National Defense (DND) said over the
weekend that the proposal of Secretary Gazmin to establish a cyber security
group was approved by a panel of defense ministers of the ASEAN.
Gazmin’s proposal for the establishment of the cyber
security group was adopted during the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting held on
May 25 at Vientiane , Laos
The DND said the working group will promote practical
regional cooperation in addressing cyber security challenges.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=889944
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