Implementing targeted cybersecurity strategies

LAST week, news came out that a government-owned entity was hacked, compromising the personal data of employees and rendering online services inaccessible. An official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) subsequently asked for a bigger cybersecurity budget for the affected office amid a growing number of digital threats. In the first eight months of this year alone, the DICT received 3,000 cyberattack reports.

Cyber threats will only grow in number and sophistication as we continue to expand our collective footprint in the digital world. While organizations — especially those that provide essential public services — are expected to have a holistic cyber incident and response program, no one is working with an inexhaustible budget.