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Philippines creates cybersecurity body

Xinhua, September 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III has formed the National Cybersecurity Inter-Agency Committee that will assess the vulnerabilities of the country's cybersecurity, and the Office of the Executive Secretary released Wednesday a copy of Executive Order No. 189 for the creation of the committee.

According to the executive order, the increasing number of cyber threats that put government and commercial information systems at great risk necessitates the creation of a body that will coordinate government agencies in preparing appropriate and effective measures to strengthen their cybersecurity capabilities.

The National Cybersecurity Inter-Agency Committee will issue updated security protocols to all government employees involved in the storage, handling and distribution of all forms -- digital, electronic, snail mail, and others -- of documents and communications.

It will also enhance the public-private partnership in the field of information sharing, involving cyberattacks, threats and vulnerabilities to cyber threats; and conduct periodic strategic planning and workshop activities that will reduce the country's vulnerabilities to cyber threats.

The committee will also serve as the country's coordinating arm in domestic, international and transnational efforts on cybersecurity.

The committee will be under the Office of the President, and will be chaired by the Executive Secretary and co-chaired by the Director General of the National Security Council and the Secretary of Department of Science and Technology. Endi