Addressing the Philippines’ 2024 threat landscape: Kaspersky launches KUMA platform

Kaspersky Southeast Asia Systems Engineering Head Victor Chu and General Manager Yeo Siang Tiong.

To help Filipino businesses and organizations stay safe in cyberspace while embracing digitalization, Kaspersky announces today the launch of Kaspersky Unified Monitoring and Analysis Platform (KUMA), its integrated software solution that includes a set of functions for security information and event monitoring and management. (more…)

Sagesoft Kick Off 2024

Excitement is building up for the Sagesoft Kick Off 2024! 🎉 Join us as we embark on a journey of innovation, collaboration, and limitless possibilities. Your presence is the missing piece to make this event unforgettable. 🌟 Save the date and let’s kickstart your the year with innovative excellence.

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Friday, March 8th, 2024

Marco Polo Ortigas
Meralco Avenue and Sapphire Street, Ortigas Center
San Antonio, Pasig 1600


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Rapid7 High Level Cybersecurity Exclusive Invitation

Cyber threats continue to evolve exponentially and attackers levels of sophistication are unprecedented. Rapid7’s own threat research uncovered 1,500 known ransomware incidents in the first half of 2023 alone.

Join us for an exclusive event with Robin Long, APAC Field Chief Technology Officer, on 14 March. Robin will share major global threats organizations should have on their radar and how Rapid7’s Managed Threat Complete (MTC) and Cloud Risk Complete (CRC) solutions can bolster your cyber defenses.

Thursday, March 14th, 2024
8:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Gallardo Hall, Makati Diamond Residences
118 Legazpi Street, Legazpi Village
San Lorenzo, Makati 1229


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Microsoft Discovery Day: Building Cyberthreat Resilience

Join us at Microsoft Discovery Day: Building Cyberthreat Resilience to learn how Microsoft empowers security operations teams to protect, detect, and respond against these threats. Discover how to improve threat detection and expedite response with the industry’s only unified security operations platform that’s powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI). Gain a deeper perspective on the current state of cybersecurity and global threat intelligence and explore a roadmap for machine learning and AI at Microsoft.

Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to network with peers and share ideas, experiences, and inspiration.

Who should attend

  • Chief Information and security officers
  • IT directors
  • Operations directors

During this event, you’ll be able to

  • Uncover the latest challenges and trends facing the cybersecurity world and what it means for your organization.
  • Discover how to protect, detect, and respond to threats effectively with a unified security operations platform that combines extended detection and response (XDR), security information and event management (SIEM), and Generative AI.
  • Improve your security posture by learning how other business leaders have implemented comprehensive threat protection in their security strategies.
  • Gain insights and network with industry experts

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Note: Once registered, you will be added to the waitlist and after your registration is confirmed, you will receive a confirmation email.

Disclaimer: Microsoft Discovery Day: Building Cyberthreat Resilience is open to the public and offered at no cost. Prior to registering for this event, government employees must check with their employers to ensure that their participation is permitted and in accordance with applicable policies and laws.

Agenda
02:00 PM 02:30 PM Registration
02:30 PM 02:35 PM Welcome
02:35 PM 02:50 PM Prevent, Protect, Detect and Respond: Insights from Digital Defense Report 2023
02:50 PM 03:20 PM Build a strong Zero Trust Foundation starting with identity and endpoint management
03:20 PM 03:35 PM Partner showcase
03:35 PM 03:50 PM Break
03:50 PM 04:30 PM A new era in SecOps: Unifying XDR + SIEM
04:30 PM 04:45 PM Partner Showcase
04:45 PM 05:00 PM Ask the Experts: Q&A session
05:00 PM 05:30 PM Refreshments and networking

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
2:00 PM to 5:30 PM

Ascott Hotel, Makati
Glorietta 4, Ayala Center
San Lorenzo, Makati 1224


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ADB Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum 2024

The Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum 2024 will be held from 8-12 April 2024 in Manila, Philippines to discuss actions to ease a worsening food crisis in the region, and to improve long-term food security by strengthening food systems against the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss among stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific.

The forum will serve as a milestone event to take stock of the interim performance of Asian Development Bank’s commitment to provide at least $14 billion of own resources to support food security over 2022-2025, and to outline ADB’s forward program on food security in partnerships with a diversity of stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific.

The Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum 2024 presents an opportunity for partners in both the public and private sectors to showcase their thought leadership and initiatives in building more sustainable and resilient food systems in the region for the future of climate, food and nature. The forum also provides opportunities for engaging with policymakers, government officials, development practitioners, food system and climate change experts, and ADB staff to build strong partnerships in policies, project implementation and research, to accelerate food systems transformation in Asia and the Pacific.

Objectives

The Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum 2024 seeks to achieve

  • Food security policy perspectives and food systems priorities – building a shared understanding among policy makers of long-term challenges and opportunities of food systems transformation in Asia and the Pacific, and of short-term cooperative approach to responding to rising food price.
  • ADB’s food security operational performance – assessing the progress and performance of the ADB’s $14 billion commitment to food security in 2022-25.
  • Forward support programs confirmed with policy makers – priorities focused on agri-food systems transformation and with operational approaches reflecting the ADB’s four key shifts under new operating model (climate, private sector, solution and One ADB).
  • Partnerships and knowledge sharing with development partners for food security strengthened – follow up the IFI Action Plan for Food Security and the first IFI Global Forum for Food Systems Transformation.

Structure and format

The Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum 2024 will be a hybrid event and offer a mix of two days of plenary sessions and two additional days of deep dive sessions. The plenary sessions consist of high-level opening and closing, two key thematic sessions and programming consultations that will build shared understanding of long-term challenges and direction of required actions and partnerships by ADB, DMC governments and key stakeholders. The deep dive sessions will have focused discussion on the best practice and practical application to demonstrate how to influence policy, turn policy into action and translate knowledge into practical solutions for food systems transformation in Asia and the Pacific.

Target participants

  • ADB’s developing member countries’ government representatives, ADB executing and implementing agencies involved in agriculture, food, nature and rural development
  • Private sector organizations and civil society organizations on sustainable and resilient food systems transformation
  • Development partners, including multilateral development banks, multilateral and bilateral donors and UN agencies
  • Academia, think-tanks, and centers of excellence
  • ADB staff and consultants working across all operational sectors on food security

Forum secretariat

Costs

Participation to the forum is free. However, participants who are interested in joining as onsite participants will have to pay for their own travel, accommodation, and other arrangements to attend the event in Manila, Philippines.

Draft agenda

Day 1: 9 April 2024 (Tuesday)
9:00-10:30
Opening Session: Leader’s Forum
Leader’s forum convenes the representatives of DMC senior policymakers and international development organizations to dialogue on short term and long-term issues and priorities for food security agenda in Asia and Pacific. The session will build a shared understanding of why it is necessary to make a fundamental shift in food security policymaking and investment priorities towards a sustainable and resilient agri-food systems perspective. ADB President Masa is expected to deliver a keynote address.
11:00-12:30
Session 1: Future of Food and Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific
The session will present a regional foresight study on future scenarios of food systems in Asia and the Pacific by 2050 to bring out policy and financing implications. The panel of policy makers and experts will highlight sector and thematic priorities that should be incorporated in regional and national level food security planning.
Networking lunch
14:00-15:30
Session 2: Maximize Climate-Food-Nature Nexus Gain
Food security agenda is inherently related to climate change, natural resources and ecosystems. The keynote presentation will illustrate case studies to highlight policy lessons of failing to maximize the nexus gains, followed by a panel discussion on ways and means to maximize climate-food-nature nexus gains.
16:00-17:30
Session 3: Public and Private Partnerships in Food Systems Transformation
Along the food system are farmers, input suppliers, food processors, distributors, wholesalers and retailers and many other players including financial institutions are also involved in the system. This session will focus on operational priorities to kindle and expand the opportunity to foster different forms of public-private partnerships in financing and managing food systems.
Forum reception
18:00-20:00
Day 2: 10 April 2024 (Wednesday)
9:00-10:30
Session 4: Pathway to ADB’s Ambition on Building Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
This session discusses the achievement and lessons learned from the ADB’s operation in AFNR sector including Strategy 2030 OP5 and $14 billion commitment to food security in September 2022 and discuss the operational direction to achieve ADB Strategy 2030 and beyond. This session will reflect on the outcomes of leader’s forum in the opening session.
11:00-15:30
Session 5: Building Programmatic Interventions: Theme and Country Breakouts
The session will include two breakout sessions and working lunch facilitating the thematic and country level discussion on developing a matrix of programmatic interventions, Breakout session will be attended by ADB management and key government officials involved in project pipeline development as well as private sector and development partners.
16:00-17:30
Session 6: Closing Session: Summary of key outcomes and actions forward
This closing session will present a bank-wide forward program and will highlight key programmatic thrusts (e.g. agricultural value chain program, water resources management program, rural climate adaptation and disaster resilience program, rural infrastructure financing program). ADB Vice-President for Sectors and Themes, Fatima Yasmin is expected to give a closing remark highlighting key outcomes of the Forum deliberation.
Day 3 and 4: 11-12 April 2024 (Thursday and Friday)
9:00-17:30
Deep dive sessions
A series of focused workshops will be organized as parallel sessions on the best practice and practical application to demonstrate how to influence policy, turn policy into action and translate knowledge into practical solutions for food systems transformation in Asia and the Pacific. The sessions include partner specific discussion, cross-regional knowledge sharing, showcase of technical solution, civil society dialogues and so on. In addition, pre-conference workshops may be organized on 8 April 2024.

Monday-Friday, April 8th-12th, 2024
9:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Asian Development Bank
6 ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center
Wack-Wack Greenhills East, Mandaluyong 1550


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Globe sees 85% decline in scam, spam SMS, credits strong partnership with banks against fraud

Globe sees 85% decline in scam, spam SMS, credits strong partnership with banks against fraud.

The number of blocked spam and scam text messages related to banks declined by over 85% based on data covering the first three quarters of 2023, reflecting gains of Globe‘s vigorous partnerships with the country’s major banks and financial institutions. (more…)