{"id":19413,"date":"2026-06-25T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/?p=19413"},"modified":"2026-07-04T07:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T07:30:40","slug":"stratbase-institute-visit-to-department-of-national-defense-undersecretary-fabian-pedregosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/stratbase-institute-visit-to-department-of-national-defense-undersecretary-fabian-pedregosa\/","title":{"rendered":"Stratbase\u00a0Institute Visit to Department of National Defense Undersecretary Fabian Pedregosa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0Stratbase\u00a0Institute visited the Office of\u00a0the Department\u00a0of National Defense Undersecretary for Information Security and Cybersecurity (OUISC), Fabian Pedregosa.\u00a0Representing\u00a0Stratbase\u00a0Institute President Prof. Victor Andres \u201cDindo\u201d\u00a0Manhit\u00a0was Deputy Managing Director Mr. Orlando Oxales, joined by Public Affairs and Program Manager for Technology Enterprise and Cybersecurity Ms. Wels Dayawon and Senior Program and Research Associate for Technology Enterprise and Cybersecurity Ms. Car Ultra. The\u00a0Stratbase\u00a0Institute presented its position paper titled \u201cCyber Vulnerability as Strategic Vulnerability: A National Security Imperative for the Philippines.\u201d\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>As part of the Institute\u2019s decades-long commitment to fostering strategic discussions on national security, the paper underscores that cybersecurity is no longer merely a technical concern but a critical\u00a0component\u00a0of national security. It emphasizes that cyber vulnerabilities have become strategic risks, requiring a whole-of-society approach to strengthen national resilience and safeguard sovereignty in an increasingly complex cyber landscape.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Stratbase looks forward to continued collaboration with the Department of National Defense in support of its initiatives and programs, especially with its cybersecurity priorities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Stratbase\u00a0Institute visited the Office of\u00a0the Department\u00a0of National Defense Undersecretary for Information Security and Cybersecurity (OUISC), Fabian Pedregosa.\u00a0Representing\u00a0Stratbase\u00a0Institute President Prof. Victor Andres \u201cDindo\u201d\u00a0Manhit\u00a0was Deputy Managing Director Mr. Orlando Oxales, joined by Public Affairs and Program Manager for Technology Enterprise and Cybersecurity Ms. Wels Dayawon and Senior Program and Research Associate for Technology Enterprise and Cybersecurity Ms. Car Ultra. The\u00a0Stratbase\u00a0Institute presented its position paper titled \u201cCyber Vulnerability as Strategic Vulnerability: A National Security Imperative for the Philippines.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stratbase-institute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19413"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19426,"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19413\/revisions\/19426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratbase.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}