Security News

KPMG now offers RelativityOne in Singapore
2021-03-30 23:45

KPMG in Singapore was the first big four firm to offer RelativityOne in Asia and is the first Relativity partner to offer RelativityOne in Singapore, demonstrating its commitment to expand cloud capabilities in the region. Through the deployment of RelativityOne, KPMG in Singapore enables member firms across Asia to tap into the platform, supporting enhanced end-to-end technology solutions involving e-discovery and internal investigations for clients.

Netskope NewEdge network now expanded to a new data center in Singapore
2021-01-20 01:00

Netskope announced the expansion of the Netskope NewEdge network to a new data center in Singapore. Serving millions of enterprise users around the world, Netskope NewEdge is a carrier-grade private cloud network that is reserved exclusively for Netskope customers.

Singapore Admits Police Can Access Contact-Tracing Data
2021-01-06 09:23

Singapore has admitted data collected for contact-tracing can be accessed by police despite earlier assurances it would only be used to fight the coronavirus, sparking privacy concerns Tuesday about the scheme. A senior official admitted in parliament that police could "Obtain any data" - including information gathered through the contact-tracing programme - in the course of a criminal investigation.

Singapore changes the rules and will now use COVID-19 contact-tracing app data in criminal cases
2021-01-05 03:58

The Singapore government has decided to use data gathered by its TraceTogether COVID-19-coronavirus contact-tracing app in criminal investigations. Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan replied by saying that Singapore's Criminal Procedure Code means its Police can obtain any data for criminal investigations, including data gathered by TraceTogether.

Singapore's World-First Face Scan Plan Sparks Privacy Fears
2020-10-20 03:04

Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse. The technology captures a series of photos of a person's face in various lights.

Britannia should rule the (cyber) waves, minister tells Singapore event in bid to drum up Commonwealth support
2020-10-12 08:30

A UK government minister has called for the country to "Shape the standards of new technology" in a speech aimed at drumming up Commonwealth support for a cyber "Leadership" role for post-Brexit Britain. Foreign Office minister James Cleverly told an invited audience at Singapore's International Cyber Week: "We must shape the standards of new technology to ensure individual security, safety and privacy," while pointing to "The rapidly expanding Internet of Things" as "a good example of where the UK and Singapore have both led initiatives to promote security in design."

Singapore to treat infosec as equivalent public good to fresh running water
2020-10-01 05:13

The deputy chief executive of Singapore's Cyber Security Agency, Brigadier General Gaurav Keerthi, says the island nation now considers providing a secure environment to citizens and businesses the equivalent of providing fresh water and sewerage services, and will next week improve digital hygiene with a voluntary "Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme" that will rate consumer broadband gateways. Speaking at the Black Hat Asia conference in Singapore today, Keerthi explained that it's his job to defend Singapore from cyber-threats.

Singapore to distribute wearable contact-tracing device and won't rule out making it compulsory
2020-06-09 08:01

Singapore will introduce a wearable device to assist with COVID-19 contact tracing and the minister responsible won't rule out making it compulsory. Vivian Balakrishnan, the minister-in-charge of Singapore's Smart Nation Initiative, said the device is necessary because uptake of Singapore's contact-tracing TraceTogether app has stalled at around 25 per cent of Singapore's population.

Singapore’s Contact Tracing Wearable Causes Privacy Backlash
2020-06-08 20:57

Singapore's announcement that it is developing a wearable for contact tracing has caused citizens to voice concern for the technology's impact on their data privacy, with more than 35,000 signing a petition against the devices. Previously, Singapore had created a contact tracing app, TraceTogether, which uses Bluetooth mobile phones' functions to detect other phones nearby and track the spread of the virus.

NTT warns its Singapore cloud was hacked, Japanese customer data compromised
2020-05-29 01:36

In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.