German-Philippine Cyber Defense Cooperation

German-Philippine Defense Cooperation in the cyber domain is an idea that was discussed between Germany and the Philippines in 2024 with a defense agreement to be signed soon.

Dr. Sven Herpig explored that potential together with Francis C. Domingo and Director Christine June P. Cariño from the Office for Cyber and Information System Management, Department of National Defense.

Sven's key points were:

1. Germany and the Philippines can explore a joint talent pipeline due to the German and EU need for an increasing IT security worforce as well as the Philippines' hacker talent and experience on Oversea Filipino Worker (OFW) policy.
2. If the Philippines identifies architectural and policy requirements, Germany could share best practices and failures in its vast experience of shaping a cybersecurity architecture and policy ecosystem.
3. Germany and the Philippines could work towards intelligence exchange with a special focus on a shared adversary: Chinese threat actors and cyber campaigns.