Click the link view the official announcement We are excited to announce that Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) 2023 will be held on 29 -31 August in Brisbane, Australia. This year we are pleased to announce auDA (.au Domain Administration) as the official host of APrIGF 2023. The conference will be held in…
Story by: Websafe Service Media Websafe Samoa was founded by two Samoan cybersecurity specialists who were determined to make a difference in the fight against cyber threats in small island countries including Samoa. With their combined expertise and passion for building a safer Pacific, they have created a tailored training program to help private companies…
AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA Telecom MOU Signing between American Samoa and Samoa – Pago Pago, American Samoa (December 12, 2022)Successful outcomes continue under the newly revitalized Atoa o Samoa talks under the Lemanu & Talauega Administration and the new Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) Government of Samoa.After months of…
There was a glitch in the system that was doing the ballot counting for Fiji’s national election counting process this week, here’s my take. I’ll stay clear of comments on the election results and its credibility. It’s bad enough that this nation is divided to the core on who it feels should lead and will…
The month of October in every year, Tonga’s National Computer Emergency Response Team – CERT Tonga marked it as the Cyber Awareness Month – this year we called it Cybertober. After lockdowns and many months of work from home, 2022 was rightfully the year to go big and make awareness and noise in Tonga with…
PRESS RELEASE 31/12/2022 The GFCE Pacific Hub team continues its community engagements and visiting of the different Pacific Island countries and this week will be in Samoa to make courtesy calls on high level officials as well as meeting operational teams from government agencies, non-government organisations and the private sector. Today, the team were honoured…
1st November 2022 The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is launching Cyber Smart Samoa on Tuesday, 1st November 2022 to promote awareness on the need for any Samoan to be vigilant online. The week will comprise of trainings for the technical community to collaborate on how to stay safe online. This is also an…
The GFCE Pacific Hub team presented at the PacSON Annual General Meeting which was held for the first time in person at Grand Pacific Hotel Suva, 26th-30th September, 2022. The Pacific Hub team briefly, presented on what the GFCE is, the history of the Pacific hub and its objectives of strengthening Pacific relationships and cyber…
In August, the GFCE Pacific Hub team made a courtesy call to the Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon. Hu’akavameiliku as the Minister responsible for Digital Transformation and a champion of many cyber initiatives in the wider Pacific region. The GFCE Pacific Hub was represented by the Director, Mr. Siosaia Vaipuna who will be based In Tonga…
Source: Tonga Women in ICT (TWICT) TWICT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) with CERT TONGA, under MEIDECC which will enable the group to carry out public awareness on Cybercrime in Tonga. The MOU will enable TWICT to act hand in hand with CERT TONGA in delivering awareness in the Kingdom of Tonga. This will…