PLDT Group has signed an agreement with the Philippine Air Force (PAF) to help bolster security capabilities with a specific focus on infrastructure modernisation and cyber enablement.
Terms of the agreement will see subsidiaries Smart Communications and ePLDT enhance cyber operations at the military service through upgrading digital infrastructure and systems, in addition to training ‘cyber warriors’ within the division.
Leveraging learning modules created by PLDT, Smart and ePLDT, enablement courses will involve a combination of lectures and ‘hands-on’ sessions spanning cyber management, operations and administration, with participants working alongside the technology provider’s team of security specialists in the Philippines.
The alliance also includes access to ePLDT’s Security Operation Centre, providing PAF with a customised dashboard to monitor internal operations,…