{"id":49890,"date":"2022-06-24T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=49890"},"modified":"2022-06-23T16:47:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T08:47:32","slug":"pldt-smart-train-future-cybersecurity-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2022\/06\/24\/pldt-smart-train-future-cybersecurity-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"PLDT, Smart train future cybersecurity professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLDT and Smart engage the next generation of cybersecurity professionals in the fight against cyber threats and cybercrime. PLDT and Smart\u2019s Cybersecurity Operations Group (CSOG) trained graduating Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Technology students from Asia Pacific College (APC) on cybersecurity under a six-month internship program called the Cyber Warrior Course (CWC).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCybersecurity is an advocacy. You need discipline to survive the industry. I\u2019ve had 27 years of experience but I am still learning. You have to constantly push yourself to be better because the enemy is getting more sophisticated,\u201d encouraged Angel Redoble, FVP and Chief Information Security Officer at PLDT and Smart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur students spend two terms on internship. It has been a working success for us and our partner-institutions. Internship lets students experience the workplace and the importance of why they are choosing this particular career,\u201d said Rhea-Luz Valbuena, Executive Director of APC School of Computing and Information Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of the 40 students who passed the interviews conducted by CSOG, 19 of them chose the CWC and were onboarded into the program. Guided by CSOG trainers and subject matter experts, the interns, also called cadets, were immersed into the group\u2019s daily operations \u2013 analyzing real-world situations and using scientific and empirical approaches to solve cybersecurity challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery minute counts. You should be quick in addressing issues. We\u2019re glad that our mentors from PLDT and Smart helped us with our tasks,\u201d said Information Technology major Melo John Lorenzo, the Top 2 cadet of his batch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The interns were assigned to the different CSOG subgroups called \u2018pillars\u2019 to learn their specific functions and how they contribute to the PLDT Group\u2019s overall efforts in defending the companies\u2019 data, networks, systems and infrastructure and protecting customers against cyber attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe world has seen a dramatic increase in cybercriminal activities. Together, let us push back against these nefarious actors who undermine people, organizations, even nations, and help ensure a safer internet for all,\u201d said Francisco Ashley Acedillo, AVP and Head of Cyber Security Strategy and Innovation at Smart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developing cybersecurity warriors is part of PLDT and Smart CSOG\u2019s active drive to fortify and ensure the resiliency and sustainability of their cybersecurity systems, which is fundamental to the PLDT group\u2019s much broader program to elevate the quality of customer experience by protecting them from cyberthreats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developing cybersecurity warriors is part of PLDT and Smart CSOG\u2019s active drive to fortify and ensure the resiliency and sustainability of their cybersecurity systems, which is fundamental to the PLDT group\u2019s much broader program to elevate the quality of customer experience by protecting them from cyberthreats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":49891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-49890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}