Afni, a leading US-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm, marked a significant company milestone with the opening of its newest site in Laguna. It is its third office in the Philippines and the first located outside of Metro Manila.
Russia tops the list while the Philippines ranks 27th in the first World Cybercrime Index (WCI) compiled by international researchers from Oxford University, to identify the key cybercrime hotspots among 92 countries.
Only 1 percent of organizations in the Philippines have the "mature" level of readiness needed to be resilient against modern cybersecurity risks, according to 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index of NASDAQ-listed firm Cisco. Cisco developed the index to assess the readiness
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights, U.S. officials said.