Get data privacy officers for gov't agencies, group urges

MANILA - A group advocating for cybersecurity urged the government to improve its cybersecurity infrastructure and designate a data privacy officer per agency, amid recent cyber attacks on government websites.

"Dapat seryosohin na rin ng government na kailangan nilang paigtingin ‘yung cybersecurity infrastructure nila. At the same time, kailangan din nila paigtingin ‘yung skill level ng mga nasa IT o cyber security personnel nila,” Scam Watch Pilipinas co-founder Jocel De Guzman told ABS-CBN News on the sidelines of the Philippine Marketing Association’s General Membership Meeting on Wednesday.Watch more News on iWantTFC "Lahat sila naka-asa ngayon sa DICT.

Among the agencies with websites that were attacked are the Philippine Statistics Authority , the Department of Science and Technology and the Bureau of Immigration .

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