Data Management

Data is the currency of the 21st century, and managing data effectively is the foundation of any successful business.

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Singapore hit by growing cybercrimes, clocks $501M in losses from scams

Number of reported scam and cybercrime cases climbed 25.2% last year, with young adults aged 20 to 39 accounting for more than half of scam victims who lost a total of SG$660.7 million ($501.9 million).

February 8, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Security

Singapore, EU digital pact to cover 'all areas' of bilateral cooperation

EU-Singapore Digital Partnership provides an "overarching framework" for collaboration across multiple areas in the cross-border digital economy, including electronic payments, data flows, 5G, artificial intelligence, and digital identities.

February 1, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Government

Nvidia's robot simulator now includes human characters too

CES 2023: Nvidia unveils improvements to its robotics simulation toolkit -- including the ability to test how robots react to humans.

January 3, 2023 by Danny Palmer in AI & Robotics

Singapore, South Korea formalise digital economy deal to drive interoperability

Digital economy agreement between the two countries aims to establish trade rules that drive interoperability and cross-border data flow, including in e-payments and digital identities.

November 21, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Innovation

Top of the data heap: First-hand advice on becoming a chief data officer

'You have to be fairly whole-brained, you have to understand the technology, and understand how it's applied,' says Ceridian CDO David Lloyd.

November 21, 2022 by Joe McKendrick in Data Management

The problem with AI: It's not you, it's the data

Data is not the 'new oil,' to be treated as a commodity that gets burned up once and that's it.

November 18, 2022 by Joe McKendrick in AI & Robotics

Medibank won't pay ransom as more stolen data shows up on dark web

Australian health insurer calls the release of data compromised in recent security breach "disgraceful", saying it will not fork out any ransom payment based on expert advice and government guidelines.

November 10, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Security

Shangri-La hotel data breach likely had 'minimal' impact at Singapore ministerial summit

Singapore says most of the foreign government delegates who attended this year's Shangri-La Dialogue defence summit did not provide their personal details, while the hotel group unveils it has received an email from hackers claiming responsibility for the attack.

November 8, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Security

Australia seeks stiffer penalty for data breaches amidst spate of security incidents

Government says it will push up maximum fines for serious or repeated data privacy breaches to AU$50 million, up from the current AU$2.22 million, in a move that follows a spate of cybersecurity incidents that compromised customer data, including Medibank.

October 25, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Security

Australia, Singapore ink green trade pact

Touted as the first bilateral green economy agreement, both countries will to develop interoperable policy frameworks that support new green growth sectors and drive tech development in the green economy.

October 18, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Energy

Microsoft Cloud and AI chief Scott Guthrie on what's new and next for Microsoft Cloud customers

Microsoft Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie shares his takeaways on Microsoft's latest cloud, data platform, AI, Dynamics and Power Platform announcements this week at Ignite.

October 14, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Cloud

Australia kicks off investigation into Optus data breach

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's scrutiny will focus on whether the Singtel-owned mobile operator, as well as its subsidiaries, took "reasonable steps" to safeguard data they held from unauthorised access and misuse.

October 11, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Security