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Solomon Islands launches SICERT project to combat cybersecurity threats

From L-R – British High Commissioner HE Paul Turner, PS Alwin Danitofea, NZ Deputy High Commissioner HE Rebacca Williams and Australian High Commissioner HE Rod Hilton

ๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›ๅฏๅŠจSICERT้กน็›ฎไปฅๅบ”ๅฏน็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จๅจ่ƒ

The Solomon Islands Government through the Ministry of Communication and Aviation in partnership with the Governments of Australia, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand launched a Solomon Islands Computer Emergency Response Team (SICERT) project in collaborative efforts to combat cybersecurity threats in the country.

As part of the Governmentโ€™s cybersecurity policy, and in light of the ever-increasing availability and accessibility to Information technology and internet-enabled services, prioritizing cybersecurity initiatives is critically important for the Solomon Islands.

The National Cybersecurity Policy was launched on August 20 last year which has enabled todayโ€™s launch, marking the start of delivering the National Cybersecurity Policy objective 2 aimed at โ€œStrengthening existing Organizational Structures related to Cybersecurityโ€.

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communication and Aviation, Alwyn Danitofea highlighted that โ€œin the continuously evolving digital world, cybersecurity is no longer a nice-to-have, but a critical obligationโ€.

โ€œWe are all aware that our dependency on technology has created new vulnerabilities, and threats at an alarming rate, impacting individuals, businesses, governments, and critical infrastructure not only in the Solomon Islands but throughout the world,โ€ he said.

He added that with the change and growth in the Solomon Islands digital landscape, everyone is a prime target for cyberattacks, and protecting our systems and data is not just a technical challenge but an issue of national security and economic stability.

The SICERT will be the countryโ€™s first line of defense against these threats, to ensure the resilience and security of our digital ecosystem.

The SICERT will serve as a focal point for cybersecurity incident response. The team will be responsible for providing services related to cybersecurity to the government, statutory bodies, law enforcement agencies, businesses, and the people.

It will focus on critical areas including Promoting Cybersecurity; Providing coordination on cybersecurity-related functions; Raising Awareness; Supporting institutions and businesses in prevention, detection, response, and recovery to Cyber-attacks; Maintaining a call center; Supporting law enforcement agencies in carrying out digital forensic investigations; Managing and reporting incidents; Auditing and providing support to critical infrastructure providers; and Seeking membership at regional and global CERTs as required.

The SICERT will work closely with all stakeholders, including government agencies, private sector organizations, and academic institutions by encouraging open communication, information sharing, and collaborative efforts to build a stronger, more resilient cybersecurity community.

The launch of the SICERT marks a significant step forward in the governmentโ€™s commitment to cybersecurity with confidence that the team will play a vital role in protecting the countryโ€™s digital future.

The project is supported by the Governments of Australia, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand to ensure a stronger and effective Cybersecurity landscape to protect the livelihood and safety of all Solomon Islanders by strengthening the SICERT project.


ๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›ๆ”ฟๅบœ้€š่ฟ‡้€šไฟกไธŽๆฐ‘่ˆช้ƒจไธŽๆพณๅคงๅˆฉไบšใ€่‹ฑๅ›ฝๅ’Œๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐๆ”ฟๅบœๅˆไฝœ๏ผŒๆŽจๅ‡บไบ†ๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›่ฎก็ฎ—ๆœบๅบ”ๆ€ฅๅ“ๅบ”ๅ›ข้˜Ÿ๏ผˆSICERT๏ผ‰้กน็›ฎ๏ผŒๆ—จๅœจๅ…ฑๅŒๅบ”ๅฏน่ฏฅๅ›ฝ็š„็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จๅจ่ƒใ€‚

ไฝœไธบๆ”ฟๅบœ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จๆ”ฟ็ญ–็š„ไธ€้ƒจๅˆ†๏ผŒ่€ƒ่™‘ๅˆฐไฟกๆฏๆŠ€ๆœฏๅ’Œไบ’่”็ฝ‘ๆœๅŠกๆ—ฅ็›ŠๅขžๅŠ ็š„ๅฏ็”จๆ€งๅ’ŒๅฏๅŠๆ€ง๏ผŒไผ˜ๅ…ˆๅฎžๆ–ฝ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จๆŽชๆ–ฝๅฏนๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›่‡ณๅ…ณ้‡่ฆใ€‚

ๅ›ฝๅฎถ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จๆ”ฟ็ญ–ไบŽๅŽปๅนด8ๆœˆ20ๆ—ฅๆŽจๅ‡บ๏ผŒไฟƒๆˆไบ†ไปŠๅคฉ็š„ๅ‘ๅธƒ๏ผŒๆ ‡ๅฟ—็€ๅ›ฝๅฎถ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จๆ”ฟ็ญ–็›ฎๆ ‡2็š„ๅผ€ๅง‹๏ผŒๆ—จๅœจโ€œๅŠ ๅผบไธŽ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จ็›ธๅ…ณ็š„็Žฐๆœ‰็ป„็ป‡็ป“ๆž„โ€ใ€‚

้€šไฟกไธŽๆฐ‘่ˆช้ƒจ็š„ๅธธๅŠก็ง˜ไนฆ้˜ฟๅฐ”ๆธฉยท่พพๅฐผๆ‰˜่ฒไบšๅผบ่ฐƒ๏ผšโ€œๅœจๅฟซ้€Ÿๅ‘ๅฑ•็š„ๆ•ฐๅญ—ไธ–็•Œไธญ๏ผŒ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จไธๅ†ๅชๆ˜ฏๅฏๆœ‰ๅฏๆ— ๏ผŒ่€Œๆ˜ฏไธ€ไธชๅ…ณ้”ฎ็š„ไน‰ๅŠกใ€‚โ€

โ€œๆˆ‘ไปฌ้ƒฝ็Ÿฅ้“๏ผŒๆˆ‘ไปฌๅฏนๆŠ€ๆœฏ็š„ไพ่ต–ๅˆ›้€ ไบ†ๆ–ฐ็š„่„†ๅผฑๆ€งๅ’Œๅจ่ƒ๏ผŒไปฅๆƒŠไบบ็š„้€Ÿๅบฆๅฝฑๅ“็€ไธชไบบใ€ไผไธšใ€ๆ”ฟๅบœๅ’Œๅ…ณ้”ฎๅŸบ็ก€่ฎพๆ–ฝ๏ผŒไธไป…ๅœจๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›๏ผŒ่€Œไธ”ๅœจไธ–็•Œๅ„ๅœฐ๏ผŒโ€ไป–่ฏดใ€‚

ไป–่กฅๅ……่ฏด๏ผŒ้š็€ๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›ๆ•ฐๅญ—็Žฏๅขƒ็š„ๅ˜ๅŒ–ๅ’Œๅขž้•ฟ๏ผŒๆฏไธชไบบ้ƒฝๆ˜ฏ็ฝ‘็ปœๆ”ปๅ‡ป็š„ไธป่ฆ็›ฎๆ ‡๏ผŒไฟๆŠคๆˆ‘ไปฌ็š„็ณป็ปŸๅ’Œๆ•ฐๆฎไธไป…ไป…ๆ˜ฏไธ€ไธชๆŠ€ๆœฏๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜๏ผŒไนŸๆ˜ฏๅ›ฝๅฎถๅฎ‰ๅ…จๅ’Œ็ปๆตŽ็จณๅฎš็š„้—ฎ้ข˜ใ€‚

SICERTๅฐ†ๆˆไธบ่ฏฅๅ›ฝๆŠตๅพก่ฟ™ไบ›ๅจ่ƒ็š„็ฌฌไธ€้“้˜ฒ็บฟ๏ผŒไปฅ็กฎไฟๆˆ‘ไปฌ็š„ๆ•ฐๅญ—็”Ÿๆ€็ณป็ปŸ็š„ๅผนๆ€งๅ’Œๅฎ‰ๅ…จใ€‚

SICERTๅฐ†ไฝœไธบ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จไบ‹ไปถๅ“ๅบ”็š„็„ฆ็‚นใ€‚่ฏฅๅ›ข้˜Ÿๅฐ†่ดŸ่ดฃๅ‘ๆ”ฟๅบœใ€ๆณ•ๅฎšๆœบๆž„ใ€ๆ‰งๆณ•ๆœบๆž„ใ€ไผไธšๅ’Œๅ…ฌไผ—ๆไพ›ไธŽ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จ็›ธๅ…ณ็š„ๆœๅŠกใ€‚

ๅฎƒๅฐ†้›†ไธญไบŽๅ…ณ้”ฎ้ข†ๅŸŸ๏ผŒๅŒ…ๆ‹ฌไฟƒ่ฟ›็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จ๏ผ›ๆไพ›ไธŽ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จ็›ธๅ…ณ็š„ๅŠŸ่ƒฝๅ่ฐƒ๏ผ›ๆ้ซ˜ๅ…ฌไผ—ๆ„่ฏ†๏ผ›ๆ”ฏๆŒๆœบๆž„ๅ’Œไผไธš่ฟ›่กŒ็ฝ‘็ปœๆ”ปๅ‡ป็š„้ข„้˜ฒใ€ๆฃ€ๆต‹ใ€ๅ“ๅบ”ๅ’Œๆขๅค๏ผ›็ปดๆŠคๅ‘ผๅซไธญๅฟƒ๏ผ›ๆ”ฏๆŒๆ‰งๆณ•ๆœบๆž„่ฟ›่กŒๆ•ฐๅญ—ๅ–่ฏ่ฐƒๆŸฅ๏ผ›็ฎก็†ๅ’ŒๆŠฅๅ‘Šไบ‹ไปถ๏ผ›ๅฎกๆ ธๅ’Œๆ”ฏๆŒๅ…ณ้”ฎๅŸบ็ก€่ฎพๆ–ฝไพ›ๅบ”ๅ•†๏ผ›ไปฅๅŠๆ นๆฎ้œ€่ฆๅฏปๆฑ‚ๅŒบๅŸŸๅ’Œๅ…จ็ƒCERT็š„ไผšๅ‘˜่ต„ๆ ผใ€‚

SICERTๅฐ†ไธŽๆ‰€ๆœ‰ๅˆฉ็›Š็›ธๅ…ณ่€…ๅฏ†ๅˆ‡ๅˆไฝœ๏ผŒๅŒ…ๆ‹ฌๆ”ฟๅบœๆœบๆž„ใ€็ง่ฅ้ƒจ้—จ็ป„็ป‡ๅ’Œๅญฆๆœฏๆœบๆž„๏ผŒ้ผ“ๅŠฑๅผ€ๆ”พๆฒŸ้€šใ€ไฟกๆฏๅ…ฑไบซๅ’Œๅไฝœ๏ผŒๅปบ็ซ‹ไธ€ไธชๆ›ดๅผบๅคงใ€ๆ›ดๅ…ท้Ÿงๆ€ง็š„็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จ็คพๅŒบใ€‚

SICERT็š„ๅฏๅŠจๆ ‡ๅฟ—็€ๆ”ฟๅบœๅœจ็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จๆ–น้ขๆ‰ฟ่ฏบๅ‘ๅ‰่ฟˆๅ‡บ็š„้‡่ฆไธ€ๆญฅ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ไปฌ็›ธไฟก่ฏฅๅ›ข้˜Ÿๅฐ†ๅœจไฟๆŠคๅ›ฝๅฎถๆ•ฐๅญ—ๆœชๆฅไธญๅ‘ๆŒฅ้‡่ฆไฝœ็”จใ€‚

่ฏฅ้กน็›ฎๅพ—ๅˆฐไบ†ๆพณๅคงๅˆฉไบšใ€่‹ฑๅ›ฝๅ’Œๆ–ฐ่ฅฟๅ…ฐๆ”ฟๅบœ็š„ๆ”ฏๆŒ๏ผŒไปฅ็กฎไฟๆž„ๅปบไธ€ไธชๆ›ดๅผบๅคงใ€ๆ›ดๆœ‰ๆ•ˆ็š„็ฝ‘็ปœๅฎ‰ๅ…จ็Žฏๅขƒ๏ผŒไฟๆŠคๆ‰€ๆœ‰ๆ‰€็ฝ—้—จ็พคๅฒ›ๅฑ…ๆฐ‘็š„็”Ÿ่ฎกๅ’Œๅฎ‰ๅ…จ๏ผŒๅผบๅŒ–SICERT้กน็›ฎใ€‚