OVERVIEW
Your premium Business Intelligence subscription opens up all of PSA's core analysis and forecasts for the Philippines. It brings together all the content that you need to start making informed decisions on the opportunities and risks that a country poses for your organisation. It provides dependable information for those looking to invest or operate in-country, or for anyone who simply needs to understand what the country will look like tomorrow.
Special Advisories & Security Updates
The Rapid Cybersecurity Review, tailored for small to medium-sized businesses, offers a timely assessment of your network’s cyber risk landscape. Partnering with Threat Patrols, this proactive review identifies your organization’s vulnerabilities and provides effective solutions to safeguard your network from cyberattacks. It ensures the protection of personal and financial data for both you and your clients. Benefit from clear and vendor-neutral recommendations from experienced cybersecurity practitioners.
Findings and Observations Report:
Reviews external and internal observability, cloud systems, and workplace practices.
Recommendations Report:
Provides tailored recommendations based on business capacity and budget.
Further Recommendations:
Highlights additional non-cyber-security observations for client consideration.
Client Stakeholder Presentation and Final Delivery:
Presents final findings and recommendations to client stakeholders.
Cybersecurity Awareness Program
Cybersecurity awareness training programs are essential educational initiatives design to equip employees with the knowledge and skills needed to safeguard an organization against cyber threats. These programs aim to create a security-conscious culture by informing staff about potential risks and best practices for mitigation.
Enhance Cybersecurity Awareness
Develop and implement security governance frameworks, oversee the cybersecurity budget, and provide comprehensive security status reports to executive leadership.
Strengthen Incident Response
Training equips employees to manage security incidents, minimizing damage and ensuring continuity.
Mitigate Human Error
Conducting regular training helps employees spot and avoid threats like phishing, reducing the likelihood of breach risks.
Promotes Compliance
Regular training sessions ensure that employees understand and adhere to relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, helping the organization avoid legal and financial penalties.
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky has reported an increase in cyber threats targeting business and government institutions across Southeast Asia (SEA) between January and June 2024. This increase is linked to the rapid growth of e-commerce and ongoing digitalization efforts of organizations in the region, among other factors.The Philippines accounted for approximately 3 percent of the total …
The Philippines is being targeted in cyberattacks allegedly carried out by Chinese state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) hacking groups, according to the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA). During a Senate hearing on the Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), NICA Deputy Director General Ashely Acedillo mentioned that “Chinese APT groups are operating or targeting the Philippines” …
Cyber-related scams are expected to increase as the holiday season approaches, with threat actors taking advantage of the drastic change in consumer behavior, particularly in online activity and spending transactions. In a press release, the Bank of the Philippine Island (BPI) warned users that cyber scams “remains a major concern in the Philippines”, and even …
GCash, a mobile wallet and digital payment platform, revealed that a ‘product issue’ with their Send Ang Pao (also known as Send to Many and Send Gift) feature caused the unauthorized transactions and missing funds from user accounts, which led to a ‘system reconciliation process’. This feature from GCash allow users to send money to …
With the rapid development, increasing ease of access, and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) for individual, professional, and organizational purposes, security experts warned that this technology has the potential to be exploited and abused for a wide range of malicious activities, including cyberattacks and spread of misinformation and disinformation.Autonomous Voice ScamsOpenAI’s latest AI model …
The Philippines recorded a surge in breached accounts during the third quarter of 2024, with a total of 1,933,072 compromised accounts, according to the most recent data from Surfshark’s Global Data Breach report. This marks a 376 percent increase from the 405,908 compromised accounts reported in the second quarter of 2024, ranking the Philippines 18th …
October 25, 2024
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently published a report highlighting the evolving nature of cybercrime and how it has become increasingly intertwined with other forms of organized crime, adapting to and integrating new forms of technologies to facilitate several types of cyber-enabled scams.According to the UNODC, crime syndicates in Southeast Asia …
October 18, 2024
Alleged Data Breach Exposes 1.4 million DepEd Emails On September 24, 2024, over 1.4 million email accounts of the Department of Education (DepEd) were allegedly compromised and circulated around dark web forums, according to the report of tech watchdog Deep Web Konek. The breach, which has been tracked since September 2023 is believed to have resulted in the …
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky has reported an increase in cyber threats targeting business and government institutions across Southeast Asia (SEA) between January and June 2024. This increase is linked to the rapid growth of e-commerce and ongoing digitalization efforts of organizations in the region, among other factors.The Philippines accounted for approximately 3 percent of the total …
The Philippines is being targeted in cyberattacks allegedly carried out by Chinese state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) hacking groups, according to the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA). During a Senate hearing on the Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), NICA Deputy Director General Ashely Acedillo mentioned that “Chinese APT groups are operating or targeting the Philippines” …
Cyber-related scams are expected to increase as the holiday season approaches, with threat actors taking advantage of the drastic change in consumer behavior, particularly in online activity and spending transactions. In a press release, the Bank of the Philippine Island (BPI) warned users that cyber scams “remains a major concern in the Philippines”, and even …
GCash, a mobile wallet and digital payment platform, revealed that a ‘product issue’ with their Send Ang Pao (also known as Send to Many and Send Gift) feature caused the unauthorized transactions and missing funds from user accounts, which led to a ‘system reconciliation process’. This feature from GCash allow users to send money to …
With the rapid development, increasing ease of access, and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) for individual, professional, and organizational purposes, security experts warned that this technology has the potential to be exploited and abused for a wide range of malicious activities, including cyberattacks and spread of misinformation and disinformation.Autonomous Voice ScamsOpenAI’s latest AI model …
The Philippines recorded a surge in breached accounts during the third quarter of 2024, with a total of 1,933,072 compromised accounts, according to the most recent data from Surfshark’s Global Data Breach report. This marks a 376 percent increase from the 405,908 compromised accounts reported in the second quarter of 2024, ranking the Philippines 18th …
October 25, 2024
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently published a report highlighting the evolving nature of cybercrime and how it has become increasingly intertwined with other forms of organized crime, adapting to and integrating new forms of technologies to facilitate several types of cyber-enabled scams.According to the UNODC, crime syndicates in Southeast Asia …
October 18, 2024
Alleged Data Breach Exposes 1.4 million DepEd Emails On September 24, 2024, over 1.4 million email accounts of the Department of Education (DepEd) were allegedly compromised and circulated around dark web forums, according to the report of tech watchdog Deep Web Konek. The breach, which has been tracked since September 2023 is believed to have resulted in the …
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