Businesses regardless of size have to beef up their cybersecurity, says Angel T. Redoble, founder and chairman of the Philippine Institute of Cybersecurity Professionals (PICSPros) and first vice-president and group chief information security officer of the PLDT Group.

“Everyone is a probable target. We all have something cyberattackers want," Mr. Redoble tells BusinessWorld reporter Patricia B. Mirasol in this B-Side episode.

Recorded onsite in Pasay City on Oct. 6, 2022. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia, Earl R. Lagundino, and Sam L. Marcelo.

This B-Side episode on cybersecurity was recorded on Oct. 6, 2022, four days before the SIM Card Registration Act was signed into law by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., on Oct. 10.

Francisco Ashley L. Acedillo, president of Philippine Institute of Cybersecurity Professionals, talks to BusinessWorld reporter Patricia B. Mirasol about data privacy, data protection, and data breaches. 

Recorded onsite at the GSIS Building on Oct. 6. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia, Earl R. Lagundino, and Sam L. Marcelo.

Money Talks is a series on personal finance sponsored by Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank). 

Ruben L. Zamora, head of the Institutional Investors Coverage Division at Metrobank, explains how high-net worth individuals (HNWIs) can protect and perhaps grow their assets in the face of rising inflation, a weak peso, and a dimming global outlook. 

Previous crises have taught us that the best time to buy risk assets is when "there is blood on the street," he says in this B-Side episode. “You need advisors and wealth managers to help you understand when there is blood on the street. You don't actually wait for that to happen.”

Recorded remotely in October 2022. Interview by Santiago J. Arnaiz, former digital platform editor at BusinessWorld. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia and Sam L. Marcelo. 

Designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro V. Locsin, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) will be rehabilitated after 53 years. Opened on Sept. 8, 1969, the CCP, a brainchild of former first lady Imelda Marcos, in its first year mounted 195 performances, 35 of which were foreign. Long due for an overhaul, the brutalist building will embark on a rehabilitation that is expected to run for three years, beginning 2023.

In this episode of B-Side, Department Manager Administrative Services Teresa “Tess” S. Rances tells BusinessWorld reporter Michelle Anne P. Soliman, about the P950 million project. 

Recorded remotely in October 2022. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia and Sam L. Marcelo.   

Digital transformation is a long, complex process. It’s like a marriage: you have to find the right partner because there’s no easy way back once you start and, as you’ll hear, you have to make it work.

This sponsored B-Side episode, a collaboration between BusinessWorld and information technology company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), features Ulysses Naguit, chief information officer of telco service provider Converge ICT Solutions and Rajat Garg, partner at TCS HOBS, the digital business platform of TCS, in conversation with Santiago J. Arnaiz, multimedia journalist, tech startup founder, and former digital platform editor of BusinessWorld.

Recorded remotely in October 2022. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia and Sam L. Marcelo. 

Privatizing the EDSA Carousel busway will help address the sorry state of public transportation as well as overcome the fiscal and procurement constraints faced by the government in building the required infrastructure, according to the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP).

“Commuters are suffering,” said MAP Infrastructure Committee Chair Eduardo H. Yap in this B-Side episode. “We believe that a privatized busway system can give the Filipino riding public a system that is up to global standard.” 

Recorded onsite in Makati City in September 2022. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia and Sam L. Marcelo.

Kylie Jenner has a face that launched a thousand luscious lips and her sister Kim Kardashian has a behind that launched a thousand Brazilian butt lifts. In this B-Side episode, Dr. Patrick Hsu, the plastic surgeon responsible for Filipino actress Michelle Madrigal’s breast implant removal, talks to BusinessWorld reporter Patricia B. Mirasol about the evolving standards of beauty in the age of Instagram.

Recorded remotely in August 2022. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia and Sam L. Marcelo.

In this B-Side episode, Gordon Gn, an award-winning architect and the office director of architecture firm HKS Singapore, explains what computational design is, and how it can benefit all stakeholders before, during, and after the construction of a building.

“To put it simply, computational design is really the workflow that enables us to enhance project design outcomes and performance through the use of digital models,” Mr. Gn tells BusinessWorld reporter Brontë H. Lacsamana.

Recorded remotely in September 2022. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia and Sam L. Marcelo.

In the future, esports players with handles like “Eric Eruption” and “Hypebits” could be as big as sports stars like Steph Curry, Rafael Nadal, or  Lionel Messi.

And esports itself, an empire that touches fashion, music, and lifestyle.

In this B-Side episode, Ferdinand M. Gutierrez, chief executive officer of esports company Ampverse, talks about mobile gaming and how it has democratized esports in Southeast Asia. 

"We understand how to take players and everybody around the teams to become marketing tools for the next generation of audience," said Mr. Gutierrez. "We’re trying to build a culture around gaming."

He tells BusinessWorld reporter Patricia B. Mirasol why esports is an ideal avenue for brands that want to market to Gen Zs and Gen Alpha and how Ampverse fits in this budding ecosystem.

Recorded remotely in September 2022. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia and Sam L. Marcelo.

How do we build the bank of the future? In this B-Side episode, Raghav Gupta, managing director of Coursera India and Asia Pacific, talks about the increased demand for digitalization in the banking sector and compares deep-skilling with “learning in the flow of work.” 

"We've seen a general focus on skills around digitalization, skills around data, and skills around working remotely,” Mr. Gupta tells BusinessWorld reporter Keisha B. Ta-asan. “We've seen that many banking companies have adopted a digital first strategy because the customer is digitally savvy.”

There are close to 1.7 million Filipinos who use Coursera, an online learning platform. It counts among its clients Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), which Mr. Gupta uses as an example to illustrate the importance of digital transformation in financial services.

Recorded remotely September 2022. Produced by Joseph Emmanuel L. Garcia and Sam L. Marcelo.