INFORMATION and Communications Technology Secretary Ivan John Uy said over the weekend that the Philippines was close to achieving a Tier 1 ranking on cybersecurity, which would put it on par with the United States, Japan and Singapore.

Saying the country has been placed under Tier 3 for "quite some time," Uy said the Global Cybersecurity Index 2024, a United Nations survey conducted to assess a nation's cybersecurity capability, policies and programs, now put the Philippines in Tier 2.

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