Author: Michele Marius

ICTP 362: 2025 Expert Insight update on cyber threats and security in the Caribbean, with Lt Col Godphey Sterling of Jamaica CIRT

In the third instalment in our Expert Insights series on cyber threats and security for 2025, we are joined by Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Godphey Sterling, the head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (JaCIRT). Our conversation with Colonel Sterling covers, among other things: how JaCIRT operates and the attitude towards cybersecurity (and the CIRT) in Jamaica; the cyber threat landscape in Jamaica; the challenge of maintaining a uniform level of security across large organisations or bodies; and what Colonel Sterling means by “security by obscurity”.

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ICTP 361: AI for Good Global Summit and WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 recap, with Christopher Reckord

The AI for Good Global Summit 2025 and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event 2025 are two major events in this year’s AI calendar. In this episode, we are joined by Christopher Reckord, the Chairman of Jamaica’s National Artificial Intelligence Task Force, who attended both events. We discuss, among other things: specific objectives or goals he had in attending the events; valuable takeaways he had; the current posture on AI governance; and topics or issues debated that should have more visibility in the Caribbean region.

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