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Papua New Guinea National Research Institute (PNGNRI) is looking at collaborating with DataCo in cybersecurity research and awareness. PNG NRI has started National Security and International Relations Research Program last year, headed by Dr Olubenga Ige,  to do research into cybersecurity as this is a looming issue. In a meeting with DataCo Information and Communication Technology (ICT) General Manager (Cloud and Data Centre)  David Mba and Dr Immanuel Jigo – a PNG born cybersecurity expert from the US who is also a consultant to DataCo; the  two institutions are looking at signing a Memorandum of Understanding for this collaboration. Dr Jigo has been working in the areas of security research in terms of analyzing malware, ransomware, studying how malicious  actors get into different systems as well as other IT-related work. “The human aspect in cybersecurity is very important because even if you have the strongest cybersecurity infrastructure in  place, that won’t matter if a human b

CONGRATS TO LUCKY WINNER – CARRIE! The San Francisco Chronicle called her debut novel,  Midori by Moonlight 1 , a “terrific first novel.” Now Author Wendy Tokunaga is back with her second book, Love in Translation , which again explores the themes of Japan and Japanese culture and being a stranger in a strange land, which have played a major role in her life and writing. I now turn the stage over to Wendy, who’s here telling us all about:  Love and Songs in Translation As someone whose second novel has just come out, it may surprise you that when I was young, my dream wasn’t to be a writer; I wanted to be a rock star. The only writing I did was songwriting for the bands I put together on my quest to become the next Joan Jett, Blondie or Pat Benatar. At the same time I’d become mad for Japan and Japanese culture and was studying the language. When I heard about something called karaoke, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. The Japanese actually invented karaoke (singing popular song