The Information Security Officers Group (ISOG) announced this week that it will be holding its annual cybersecurity event in the Philippines this month of October. ISOG says that the event will be attended by IT executives, such as risk and compliance heads, InfoSec architects, CEOs, CISOs,...
Last Saturday, National Privacy Commission head Raymund Liboro expressed his dissatisfaction on the breach notification Facebook had sent affected users. Around Friday, September 28, users from all over the world said that they suddenly got logged out of their accounts. The NPC said they received an...
The Philippine Statistics Authority said this week that it has already received a number of proposals from the private sector for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) IDs which it will be formally accepting within the week. National Statistician Lisa Grace S. Bersales revealed that the...
NPC head Raymund Enriquez Liboro said this week that data privacy and protection has now become a top priority for a growing number of companies in the Philippines. Liboro also reported that 22,816 data protection officers have already registered with his agency, while 2,939 personal information...
Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) director Tonichi Achurra-Parekh recently remarked that the business process management (BPM) sector of the Philippines is highly prone to data breaches, but the industry is stepping up its privacy and security measures to increase its competitiveness. Parekh urged...
FintechAlliance.PH Chairman Angelito “Lito” M. Villanueva said this week that the newly approved PhilSys Act will help more Filipinos get better access to various financial services. Villanueva added that the national ID system would serve as a great equalizer to scale financial inclusion. The FINTQ head...
The Philippine Statistics Authority said this week that it is targeting to enroll 25 million Filipinos into the national ID system per year once the program gets fully rolled out next year. National Statistician and Civil Registrar General Dr. Lisa Grace Bersales said that the PhilSystem...
NPC Commissioner Raymund Liboro assured the public last Monday that the privacy body will continue to push for the adoption of the Data Privacy Act in the implementation of the newly signed Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). Liboro added that they will be working together with the...
The National Privacy Commission recently launched at the Privacy Awareness Week event a new campaign with ad agency Campaigns & Gray that focuses on giving visibility to the issue of data privacy. The NPC will be posting printed materials bearing the slogan “Once taken, it’s impossible...
NPC commissioner Raymund Liboro said this week that it is ready to address the privacy risks that may be brought by the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) proposal, which is expected to be ratified by Congress. Liboro assured that the Commission is looking to build trust with...