Punta Cana.- The Vice Minister of Digital Agenda of the Ministry of the Presidency, Jose David Montilla, indicated this Tuesday that tourism is within the first three places of the target sectors of the cybercrime industry.
By participating in the First Themag Punta Cana Business Tourism Forum 2023, the official reported that 89% of the attacks that occur in this area are for financial and espionage reasons.
“It is very interesting to have access to all the data, commercial strategies and guest behavior to know how the trend is in the tourism field, in order to use Artificial Intelligence to draw up a scheme with the actions to be executed that are required,” manifested.
Montilla highlighted that in this hyperconnected society, it becomes necessary to promote a culture of digital transformation and cybersecurity protection. For this reason, the Government promotes initiatives such as the Digital Agenda and the National Innovation Policy, as well as the strategies Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence that impact all the productive sectors of the country, he specified.
«We are in a moment of digital transformation and this evolution requires greater protection of citizens. Our National Cybersecurity Strategy promotes complementary cybercrime plans» expressed.
The vice minister added that the majority of cyber attacks are cross-border, and for this reason it is important international coordination and added that the exchange of information, practices and experiences between nations, regarding the digital transformation process.
About the forum
During the First Themag Punta Cana 2023 Business Tourism Forum, current issues for the country’s tourism and business sector were discussed, related to “Sustainability” and the “New technologies” with the Artificial intelligence as the main theme.
The specialists participated in this colloquium together with Vice Minister José David Montilla. Melissa Muñoz Corcho and Alejandro Arnaud with the moderation of the editor-in-chief of Themag magazine, Marcelo Ballester.
The forum, held at the Meliá Caribe Beach Punta Cana Hotel, concluded with the participation of the renowned international speaker, Jimmy Pons who first appeared in Dominican Republic.
/ Ministry of the Presidency of the DR