DICT says PH to develop more cybersecurity experts
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Department of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Ivan John Uy said that the government is planning to offer short courses on cybersecurity and software engineering.
“We need to build up that competency… What is happening is we have many talented technical people but they do not qualify for the job because they do not have the credentials, the certification. So, these are like self-learned,” Uy said at a Malacañang briefing.
Uy explained that there are many job opportunities for cybersecurity experts all over the world but the Philippines only have 200 certified cybersecurity experts.
“The world, all the technology companies, look at the Philippines as a country that is composed of young people who are early technology adopters and so they expect that we would produce a lot of these talents and that will be the new answer. These are very high paying jobs and the demand is very, very high,” he added.
Uy said the DICT is working with educational partners from the private sector as well as government institutions like the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Department of Education and Commission on Higher Education to provide more course materials and certification programs.
