ADMM-Plus EWG for Cybersecurity, July 17-19, 2017 at Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria

I. ADMINISTRATIVE PART 1. The conduct of the inaugural meeting for the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus, Experts’ Working Group (EWG) for Cyber Security, co-chaired by the Philippines and New Zealand, was agreed upon in Cebu City last April 2017 during the ASEAN Defense Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM) and ADSOM-Plus Meeting, where the Cyber Security […]

Thailand Cyberweek

Overheard from a FinTech Specialist during the talks that it is only in the field of Cybersecurity where plagiarism is allowed. We can copy the cybersecurity plan of others and improve it according to our needs; and after doing so, we can apply it in our own work areas. My participation in this event addressed […]

Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver Holds Seminar on Cybersecurity

Reference: https://dfa.gov.ph/news-from-our-foreign-service-posts/12833-phl-consulate-general-in-vancouver-holds-seminar-on-cybersecurity 06 June 2017 VANCOUVER – The personnel of the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver attended a seminar on cybersecurity conducted by Brigadier Gen. Jesus V. Lomeda, Chief of the Management Information Systems Service (MISS) of the Department of National Defense (DND) of the Philippines on June 01. Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer welcomed […]

TO BID OR NOT TO BID

The anti-virus (AV) software protecting desktops and laptops in my cyber empire is about to expire. As captain of the ship, I simply intend to renew the license from the same vendor who won the bidding last year when I was not around yet. I am satisfied with its performance. I had no trouble, none […]

My speech as GOHAS

My dear friends, I am deeply honored to be here with you today! Thank you Adrian for inviting me; and to the person who suggested to you to get me as your guest speaker for this occasion. Thank you, whoever you are. . . I am home! ASR is the home of every Army Signal […]

Expert Working Group (EWG) for Cybersecurity

This was my opening address as co-chair of the Expert Working Group (EWG) for Cybersecurity at the ASEAN Defense Senior Officers’ Meeting (ADSOM) Plus held at Radisson-Blue Hotel in Cebu City on April 7, 2017. The ADSOM Plus is composed of cyber experts from Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, […]

THE LAST JOKE FROM DICK

DICTARINO M. SUGON 19 April 1956 – 08 February 2017 On Departure Day: On the 8th of February 2017, my dear classmate Dick Sugon expired at 3 o’clock in the morning at the Veterans’ Memorial Medical Center (VMMC). He was confined there due to diabetes and died after about a month when his right leg […]

Magandang Hapón!

There was a Japanese lecturer before me who greeted the audience, “Maganda hapon!” When my turn came up to talk at the Cyber Security Forum of DICT at Crowne Plaza this afternoon, I also greeted the audience, “Magandang hapón!” and told the group of Japanese sitting infront of me that the real meaning of that […]

Cyber Defense Presentation

As invited lecturer of DICT, this is my presentation I delivered during the “Summit on the Launching of the National Cybersecurity Plan 2022” on the 8th of December 2016 3:30PM at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria . . . Disclaimer: This article was written in my personal capacity. The opinions expressed here are my own […]

1st Hearing of the ASR(P)

Without everybody knowing and telling, I co-authored the creation of the Army Signal Regiment with my classmate, Dante Costes, in 2006, 10 years ago. We were still both colonels then. He was the Chief of Army Management Information Center (AMIC) and I was the Deputy G6. The proposal was known earlier as the Army Signal […]