THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has initiated a seminar with the information technology personnel of the Visayas Command (Viscom).

It was done to prepare Viscom for cybersecurity-ready, when they completed training for protection, detection and response against cyber breaches.

According to Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, Viscom commander, they decided to partner  with the Department of Information and Communications Technology-Central Visayas (DICT-7) for them to train 29 soldiers to a two-day cybersecurity training.

The Assistant Chief of Unified Command Staff for Communications, Electronics, and Information Systems of Viscom and the DICT-7 Cybersecurity Division decided to organize the training so as to enable IT personnel to become capable of protection, detection, and response when cybersecurity-related incidents arise.

Likewise, Arevalo said that the command is intended to organize a Computer Emergency Response Team that will counter or remedy cybersecurity breaches.

“With the blistering pace of technological change, the cybersecurity threat has evolved dramatically, and it comes in many forms, from identity theft to botnets and ransomware. It is facilitated by a wide range of threat actors, from multi-national cybercrime syndicates to insider threats and hackers,” he said.

No less than DICT-7 cybersecurity lead Royden Rusiana and cybersecurity specialist Phoebus Keith Advincula made the lectures and hands-on training.