Police enhances training on Cyber Security Courses

Detective Sergeant Julio Jonas with his international certification in cyber security

Georgetown: In recent times there has been an eruption of Cyber related crimes that includes Social Media bullying, sharing of unapproved nude pictures and more prominently the software attacks on the mainframe of Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) as such the Guyana Police Force recently re-commissioned their computer training lab as the ZARA Cyber Security Centre.

Detective Sergeant Julio Jonas who benefited from cyber training through “'Red Track”' in Jamaica and Interpol courses held in the Dominican Republic, said Guyana is on board with the world in the fight against Cyber Crime.

The Sergeant said that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has heeded the calls for hands on approach to fight Cybercrime and as such they have been training ranks in the areas of Cybercrime Investigation.

He said one aim of the training was to teach techniques in battling hacks, enabling ranks to deal with Cybercrime related issues such as: Data Recovery, Covert and Overt, Intelligence Gathering and Dark Web to name a few are areas in which he was trained.

“The training I received has helped me to better understand the offences of Cyber-Crime, the sources of the attacks and the way the perpetrators of these attacks think.’’ Sergeant Jonas said.

He explained that in our developing, technologically advanced society there are remedies for dealing with emerging threats.

Other ranks who also trained in Jamaica are Assistant Superintendent Mahadeo Singh, Sergeant Rodwell Serrabo and Inspector Dellon Elexey. Jonas also underwent training in the Republic of Dominica with ASP Singh and a certified Interpol Instructor follow-up course in Curacao.

He explained that the commissioning of the ZARA Cyber security Centre cements the G.P.F’s plans to battle Cyber Security in Guyana.

Sergeant Jonas is enthusiastic about sharing the knowledge he has gained from his training with members of the Force who will be selected for upcoming Cyber Security Courses.