Director of the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Division, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Godphey Sterling, is urging organisations across Jamaica to take immediate steps to strengthen their cyber security defences. Speaking with JIS News recently, Lt. Col. Sterling said that vulnerability mitigation, breach data remediation, and incident reporting are critical to safeguarding Jamaica’s digital infrastructure. “We must plug the gaps before...

Millions of Jamaicans, both at home and abroad, are benefitting from the country’s strengthened cyber defence capabilities through the work of the National Security Operations Centre (NSOC). Managed by the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (JaCIRT), the Centre serves as a coordinating body for the country’s cybersecurity efforts, and is focused on monitoring, detecting, and responding to cyber threats to...

Director of Jamaica’s Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Division, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Godphey Sterling, has announced a major five-year project, aimed at strengthening Jamaica’s cyber security capacity. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, Lt. Col. Sterling said the initiative involves the creation of a National Cyber Authority, which will develop national cyber security policies, monitor cyber...

A series of activities has been planned for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCAM), which is observed annually in October. The month will be observed under the global theme, ‘Secure Our World’, and the national theme, ‘Secure Today – Smarter Tomorrow’. Activities will commence on October 1 with the official launch. The first week of observances, beginning October 6, will focus...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, in collaboration with the Organization of American States (OAS), is offering a National Cybersecurity Youth Training and Certification Programme. The programme is open to Jamaican nationals between the ages of 18 and 25 who reside locally and have a strong interest in information technology (IT) and/or cybersecurity. A bulletin issued by the...

Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says with Jamaicans increasingly showing an affinity for online shopping, the risks for cyberattack will become even greater. He argued that the public must be kept informed about what cybercrime looks like and what can be done to prevent it, emphasising that awareness and education are essential parts of...

The Government is enhancing Jamaica’s cybersecurity resilience through a comprehensive strategy that strengthens prevention, detection, and response capabilities against threats. Addressing the opening of Guardsman Group of Companies’ Cyber Intelligence Security Operations Centre (SOC) at 14-16 Balmoral Avenue in Kingston on Wednesday (May 14), Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the Government has made cybersecurity a key...