Biography
Sherwin E. Ona, PhD is an associate professor and former chairperson of the Political Science and Development Studies Department of De La Salle University. His expertise and interest are in the areas of human security, non-traditional threats, cyber defense policies, and digital transformation. Dr Ona served as ICT consultant to various government agencies such as the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Information and Communications Technology, among others. He has also worked with international organizations like the United Nations-Asia Pacific Center for ICT for Development (UN-APCICT), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Australian Awards, the Web Foundation, the British Council, and the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER). Dr Ona’s writings and commentaries have appeared in online periodicals The Geopolitics and Analyzing War, as well as books, journals, and broadsheets.
Dr Ona is a senior fellow of the Philippine Public Safety College and the Stratbase-Albert Del Rosario Institute. He is also a module director for the Cyber Strategy and Policy Program of the National Defense College of the Philippines.
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