CYBERSECURITY LAWS IN SOUTH PACIFIC NATIONS

Abstract

Cybersecurity practices and protocols should be updated in terms of human capacity development and legislative capability to support appropriate responses to cyberthreats within the island nations and beyond. Recommendations here discuss awareness and prevention strategies that combat cybercrimes and cyberattacks and offer pertinent suggestions within cybersecurity strategies aiming to combat the rapid growth of online fraudulence and crime affecting nations of the South Pacific. At a national level, suitable frameworks and response models are essential to instill cybersecurity prevention and awareness. Mandatory adoption of formal protocols and conventions by businesses and community and government organizations would underpin regional and national initiatives that provide local solutions for cyber-events while engaging with external international cybersecurity networks. Such networks and associations would also provide a channel for collaborative capability and a gateway for technological currency