Cybersafety Pasifika Tier 2 Regional workshop

A one week Cybersafety Pasifika Tier 2 Regional workshop got underway at the Sofitel Resort in Nadi this morning.

Opening the training was the Commissioner of Police Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho who acknowledged partners the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for supporting capacity building efforts for regional officers to better understand the complexities of cyber related crimes.

Cyber Safety Pasifika is an AFP led program aimed at increasing cyber safety awareness and education of vulnerable communities in the Pacific region.

It is also aimed at upskilling Pacific Police officers in cybercrime investigations.

Training participants include officers from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Vanuatu and Tonga.

Brigadier General Qiliho said, “AFP brings in partners and expertise from the FBI, Australian Cyber Security Centre, Facebook and INTERPOL to deliver advanced skills in cybercrime investigations, and similarly the same approach of sharing knowledge and expertise has been adopted in having regional participation in this training”.

Cybersafety Pasifika’s Cyber Security Specialist Enoka Feterika said, “We are really hoping that when they leave, the leave well -equipped with some more skills and tools to be able to combat cyber security or cybercrime, and also to expand their knowledge around the technology and the tools available and of our partners that we have outside of the region”.

Day 2 of the training is designed for officers from the Training and Community Policing Units, aimed at increasing cyber safety awareness and education.

The training ends on Friday.