ALLAN S. CABANLONG ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CYBERSECURITY AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES CARLOS MAYORICO E. CALIWARA ASSISTANT SEGRETARY FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS AND CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE SEGRETARY ssistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Enabling Technologies for the DICT and concurrent Executive Director ssistant Secretary Caliwara supervises the legal affairs and communications unit of the DICT and also for Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center Allan Salim Cabanlong functions as the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of ICT. Asec. Caliwara has been with the ICT industry is an ASEAN Engineer, a Professional since the early 1990s. He served as legal counsel for various local and international companies, dealing Electronics Engineer, and a graduate of Masters of Science in Global Information and Telecommunications Studies at the Waseda with University in Tokyo, Japan. He was instrumental in the passage of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of ICT-related issues in contract management, human resources, intellectual property management, and 2012 and his expertise in the field of ICT also helped him author books published internationally namely: “Law, Policy and information security management. Atty. Caliwara is a staunch advocate of the protection of Filipino Technology: Cyber Terrorism, Information Warfare and Internet Immobilization” published in 2012; and “Cyber Warfare: intellectual property works and digital piracy. He started working as a consultant to ICTO's Free WiFi in Public A Review of Theories, Law, Policies, Actual Incidents - and the Dilemma Places Project where he closely worked with the project team on legal and technical matters. Technology” of Anonymity in European Journal of Law and in 2010. Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Cabanlong is a recipient of various local and international awards and has served the Philippine National Police as Chief of Web Services and Cybersecurity Division and Chief of the Information Technology Office prior to his appointment He is also a recognized as Assistant Secretary in the DICT. global expert in the field of cybersecurity Philippine National Cybersecurity and secured Law Caliwara degree graduated from the San from Beda the Far Eastern College of Law. University with a degree He also has a Diploma in A.B. Political Science in Industrial Relations from the University of the Philippines. and the leading figure in the crafting of the Plan 2022. ALAN A. SILOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHN HENRY D. NAGA ASSISTANT SECRETARY ssistant Secretary Silor is a proud son of Butuan City in Mindanao. He has done extensive work with ICT-related NGOs and has served in leading ssistant Secretary Naga currently handles DICT’s legislative liaison, general management, business organizations in various capacities. He is a member and former President of the Butuan City development and implementation of the merit and selection plan. Atty. Naga’s major accomplishment in Chamber of Commerce Chinese Chamber and Industry, Vice President for Business and Government Affairs of the Filipino- of Commerce of Agusan, and a member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers the field of ICT is his pioneering work in the conversion of all GMA TV Stations from analog and the TV to Digital Terrestial Television Broadcast. of the Philippines. Asec. Silor has also worked as a station manager for two local stations in Butuan, was a President of the Caraga ICT Council, and was part of the Audit and Standards Authority of the Kapisanan ng Atty. Naga is a graduate of the San Beda College of Law, and has worked as a lawyer in the fields of mga telecommunications, Brodkaster ng Pilipinas. broadcast media, government and corporate contracts, corporate legal management, and labor relations. Assistant Secretary Alan Silor’s current focus is the DICT project monitoring and implementation in the various regions of the country. 50 51