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Cybersecurity gets $1 billion

As concern grows over Jamaica’s cybersecurity infrastructure in the wake of a data breach involving the JAMCOVID-19 application, it has been revealed that the Government has allocated a little over $1 billion to carry out related initiatives. The...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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