MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Cyber defense will be a 鈥渃ommon fixture鈥� in the future military exercises of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Col. Michael Logico, designated spokesperson of this year鈥檚 Ajex Dagitpa or AFP鈥檚 Joint Exercise Dagat-Langit-Lupa (land, air, and sea) said this during the drills鈥� closing ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Friday.
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鈥淲e are actually building our own cybersecurity capabilities, ever since in the previous Balikatan exercises and also the Ajex exercises,鈥� Logico said in a chance interview.
鈥淣ow, cyber defense exercises are going to be a common fixture in joint exercises like on this scale,鈥� he added.
Logico noted the importance of cyber security in military operations.
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鈥淪o when we talk about physical domains, we are talking about the ground, maritime domains, but what is not often talked about is [the] non-physical domains like cyber domains [and] the information subsystems,鈥� he said.
鈥淎ll of those nonphysical domains will have effects on physical domains as well,鈥� he added.
One of AFP chief-of-staff General Romeo Brawner Jr.鈥檚 priorities is the modernization of cyber warfare, proposing the creation of a 鈥渃yber command.鈥�
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