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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I was still in the Army when I was part of the group of visionaries from the Signal Corps who foresaw what was coming. We have conceptualized and forwarded the creation of the Army Signal Regiment (ASR), which is, until now, probationary. The move is still being met with resistance and suspicion that Signal Officers […]
I have to start with the definition of terms. I hope, you already have the idea what cyber is. It is anything relating to computers or the internet, even to smart gadgets controlled by programs or remote controls running through networks. When we come to the words security and defense, many IT practitioner in the […]
By J. Irving In one of those tiring lectures, I told my office students that the default passwords to their computers were set initially for them to key-in the word “password”. Once they are inside, they can change it to a better password that is hard to crack. There was an elderly lady employee who […]
CTTO 1. Do not retire. If you’re over-aged, retire and get all the benefits but find another income-generating job or open a business that will keep you active physically and mentally. Travel and bond with true friends, play a sport, learn a new hobby and volunteer in your community or parish. Don’t loaf around. Your […]
Five years after the birth of our 2nd son, my wife gave birth to a baby girl. She looked so fragile. As a father, I still have no idea, training nor any reference manuals how to be a good parent. I relied on instincts and how my parents treated me. For my daughter, I experimented […]
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