Improved knowledge is important to addressing cyber crimes


BY LORRAINE WOHI

Lack of people with knowledge on how to deal with cyber threat intelligence is an issue that needs to be addressed in PNG and rest of the Pacific Island nation.

APNIC Senior Internet Security Specialist, Adli Wahid speaking at the 27th PITA conference in Port Moresby said in most cases many of the organisations are struggling not with the issue itself but with people who are dealing with these issues.

Cyber threat intelligence refers to data that is collected, processed, and analyzed to understand a threat actor’s motives, targets, and attack behaviours.

Mr Wahid said in most cases, organisations lack people including security engineers, security practitioners who are quite new to the field and they are playing catch-up on different areas.

He spoke on three main areas which include insights on how organisations prepare to question and identify why and how ransomware occur in an effort to improve cybersecurity, to better define and provide awareness.

“Cyber security intelligence is about people.

“The bottom line is getting the people to be informed in discussion and talking about it.

All of you need to ask each other how does the security teams or the security engineers heard information about threat and is there something we can do to collaborate together.

I think this is where organisation needs to put profit aside and see if there is a common goal in defending the organisation in the Pacific region as well as in the niche economic so that you can bring people together,” Mr Wahid said.

Discussions on cyber security is one of the key topics of discussion that has and will be discussed at the four days annual general meetings for the Pacific Islands Telecommunication Association (PITA) at Hilton , Port Moresby.

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