From Dark Data to Daylight: Incident Intelligence Commons for the Philippine Cyber Defenders
22 Oct 2025
Level 1 | Exhibition Hall, Sands Expo and Convention Centre
Cybersecurity in Developing Economies and Underserved Communities
This session aims to map the “data desert” that surrounds underserved communities. Lack of breach disclosure and weak CERT linkages hide risk in the Philippines.
Using CERT-PH data, we show hotspots - government, telecommunications, and education. However, few reports reach researchers or boards. We contrast this with the Philippines’ leap to 53rd (from 61st) in the 2024 United Nations Global Cybersecurity Index (UN GCI) that seem to indicate that rankings without open micro-data are hollow.
The session will explore crowd-sourced sensors, community honeypots, and incentives - from safe harbors to pooled cyber insurance. This exploration will attempt to surface grassroots intelligence that will enable underserved economies to co-create a “data commons” blueprint for ASEAN.
Using CERT-PH data, we show hotspots - government, telecommunications, and education. However, few reports reach researchers or boards. We contrast this with the Philippines’ leap to 53rd (from 61st) in the 2024 United Nations Global Cybersecurity Index (UN GCI) that seem to indicate that rankings without open micro-data are hollow.
The session will explore crowd-sourced sensors, community honeypots, and incentives - from safe harbors to pooled cyber insurance. This exploration will attempt to surface grassroots intelligence that will enable underserved economies to co-create a “data commons” blueprint for ASEAN.
