Post Office “Express Pada-LOVE” launches on Valentine’s Day

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The Philippine Postal Corporation (Post Office) brings back Express Pada-LOVE on Valentine’s Day.

Not even Covid-19 can stop the Post Office from sending love this Valentine season.

This year, the Post Office continuous its tradition of sending flowers, chocolates, stuffed toys and other gift items from February 7 to 14 for Domestic Express Mail Delivery Service (DEMS) on Valentine’s Day. 

Starting February 7, the Post Office will accept orders through its Valentine’s Day booths selling flowers, novelty and food items at the lobby of the Manila Central Post Office following physical distancing and safety protocols.

This week-long celebration ends on February 14, Valentine’s Day where the Postman and the “Singing Kartero’s (mailman)” will serenade and send gifts of flowers and chocolates to those who placed their orders via Express Pada-LOVE.

The “Express Pada-LOVE” is a simple way to send flowers and letters of gratitude to someone special in our life.

The Post Office will deliver the items via door to door through its Domestic Express Mail Service (DEMS) anywhere in Metro Manila. They can also call for orders, through telephone number (02) 8527-0135 and look for Mr. Jeffrey Catayong. 

DSWD leads Safer Internet Day for Children 2022

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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with other members of the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP), will lead the celebration of the Safer Internet Day for Children Philippines (SID PH) on February 8.

This year’s month-long celebration will center on the theme, “Click, Respect, Connect – CRC Next Level: Ligtas na Ugnayan Online.”

A forum with internet service providers (ISPs) to discuss the available technologies to combat and address online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) will be conducted during the kickoff activity.

Representatives from private organizations like Converge ICT, Globe Telecommunications, PT&T, PLDT/SMART, SKY Broadband, and DITO will be present to share their safety mechanisms and their available technologies, software, and systems to block and filter child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and child sexual exploitation material (CSEM).

The ‘Safer Internet Day’ was first introduced in various countries in Europe in 2004. Currently, it is being observed by more than 100 countries to raise awareness on the online issues faced by children and to create a better and safer online community.

Mandated through Presidential Proclamation No. 417 in 2018, Safer Internet Day for Children Philippines celebration is one of the strategies of the government, through the IACACP, to spread awareness on the emerging needs to ensure the protection of children from risks and abuses brought by misuse of the internet, or lack of awareness on internet safety.

DSWD, together with the other council members of IACACP, will continue to guarantee the best interest, welfare, and protection of every child from all forms of violence and online abuse. 

PLDT and Microsoft seal partnership for Threat Intelligence sharing to combat rising Cybercrime in the Philippines

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PLDT Inc. and Microsoft today announced a strategic partnership to work together through Microsoft’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Program (CTIP), a move that aims to strengthen the country’s digital borders and infrastructure security against cyber threats.

The global COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive work and learning onto virtual ecosystems, and this increase of online usage and behavior has created a broader area of opportunity for cybercrime and malicious actors to target. 2021 saw a wide range of cyberattacks throughout the year, targeting stakeholders of public and private organizations, and even everyday consumers through mobile devices and social media platforms.

Microsoft’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Program is driven by its Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), an international team of technical, legal, and business experts created in 2008 to combat cybercrime on a global scale. Its expertise and unique view into online criminal networks uncover evidence used as criminal referrals to law enforcement agencies throughout the world.

Created in 2013, CTIP collects and distributes actionable cyber intelligence, including that derived from the Microsoft DCU’s botnet takedown operations to Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Critical Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs). CTIP data is also engineered into specific Microsoft products and services to help customers identify threats in their computing environments.

“Microsoft’s DCU values our threat intelligence-sharing partnerships, and we look forward to seeing how the Microsoft CTIP intelligence helps PLDT to protect the citizens of the Philippines,” said Mary Jo Schrade, Assistant General Counsel and Regional Lead, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit Asia.

With this strategic partnership, PLDT will gain access to Microsoft DCU’s Azure-based cyber threat intelligence in real time, providing information about the impact in the Philippines from the malware families DCU has disrupted in the past. This intelligence will provide better insights into criminal cyber infrastructure located within their jurisdiction. PLDT, in turn, with its network domain knowledge, can help in two-way sharing of intelligence to identify compromised infrastructure and alert impacted entities in the country to potential cybercrime threats.

“Security is at an inflection point as cyberattacks become more sophisticated and digital attack surfaces exponentially increase. We believe that anything less than comprehensive security is no security at all,” said Microsoft Philippines Country General Manager, Andres Ortola. “We are committed to ensuring the internet is safe and secure for all users and our DCU is leading the fight against cybercrime to protect businesses and individuals and to promote trust globally. To date, the DCU has completed 24 malware disruption operations worldwide, resulting in millions of devices kept safe from cybercriminals and preventing millions in financial losses. Alongside PLDT, we can do more for the Philippines and empower a safer cyberspace for all Filipinos.”

The partnership with Microsoft is expected to help fortify PLDT’s existing and robust cybersecurity capabilities in preventing and mitigating cyber threats and attacks.

An industry leader in cybersecurity intelligence, PLDT and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. safeguard their over 70 million mobile and over 3.7 million broadband customers all over the country against emerging cyber threats and vulnerabilities, investing nearly P3 billion in cybersecurity infrastructure in 2021 alone. These major investments have strengthened the PLDT group’s predictive, preventive, detective, and responsive capabilities. Last year, the PLDT group acquired information on more than 200 million cyber threats and prevented close to 300 million combined types of cyber-attacks.

“Our mature and sophisticated threat intelligence operations is one of the key and most robust pillars of the PLDT group’s cybersecurity structure. We are glad to partner with Microsoft to help fortify our strong cyber threat intelligence operations, and to help us better protect our customers in particular, and the country’s cyber defenses in general,” according to Angel T. Redoble, FVP, Chief Information Security Officer, and head of PLDT and Smart’s Cyber Security Operations Group.

Every day, Microsoft analyzes over 6.5 trillion signals to identify emerging threats to protect customers and in response to the increasing cyber threats in the Philippines and globally, Microsoft will invest $20 billion over the next five years to accelerate efforts to integrate cyber security by design and to deliver advanced security solutions.