MANILA, Feb. 3 -- A ranking Philippine Navy (PN) official on Monday said "internal processes" in the military are being tightened as they started to shift from external defense some two years ago.

"Right now with the shift that we are doing to external defense, our systems and procedures have also shifted. We already are looking at the bigger picture, which would include our internal processes (on) how to safeguard not only physical security for our establishments but (also our) cyber, communications, human security," PN spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad said during an interview with ANC.

Formerly, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) had been focused on internal security due to the pr...