As exposure to hacks and cracks never ceases, companies globally address it by hardening their policies and infrastructure within the organization. Authorities globally are communicating with the private sector to
earn trust and seek collaboration in capturing organized cybercrime networks. For the Philippines, this is an issue as a lot of US companies admitted that some of the pings or attempts come from the country.
In fact because of high tech printing gadgets today, there are now fake or counterfeit US dollar bills circulating around the world. Oftentimes referred to as "
supernotes," these fake bills was first found in the Philippines as a local cashier caught it by the feel of the paper.
One of the challenges in cybercrime enforcement is the extradition of suspects from one country to another. If two countries don't have the same or similar legislation for that matter, double criminality can't be established which is a
requirement for extradition.
Another growing concern is the 1 billion pesos
online pornography market in the country where vigilance of the community is needed in capturing these elements and bring them to court. A growing number of alleged traffickers are using the Internet as a medium
to market.
Rebels and various cause groups are also using the Internet as a medium to
express their grievances, propaganda, and introduce themselves. Although this may work in favor for the government in getting more information. It can also work
otherwise.
The passage of the
E-Commerce Law or Republic Act 8792 was crucial in demonstrating the Philippines' stability as an outsourcing destination of ICT related or enabled projects. As data privacy is a growing concern as well, the Department of Trade and Industry released a
guideline (pdf) that can be shown to local and foreign
prospective clients on our resiliency in protecting personal data. It is hoped as well that this guideline can be used in protecting ourselves from
unsolicited business calls.
To continue this demanding task, law enforcement entities also face the dilemma of getting
funding support and
hire cybercrime fighters. Good thing there are entities giving equipment and
training donations.
Still, there are global security software executives, despite having Philippine presence, still
clueless on policy developments in the country and using old examples.
