It may be one region but Asia is widely recognized as heterogeneous: what works in Singapore may not work in China, India or in Malaysia. The same applies for its governments. We analyze key policies and explain how they impact the overall ICT industry and general population.
All 10 Asean members concur on the need for a formal cybersecurity mechanism to facilitate coordination efforts across the region, outlining cyber diplomacy, policy, and operational issues.
Monetary Authority of Singapore has proposed converting current cybersecurity guidelines to mandatory requirements, which financial institutions operating in the country must adopt to safeguard their IT systems and build up their cyber resilience.
Currently representing just 7 percent of GDP, Asean's digital economy can drive an uplift of US$1 trillion by 2025 across the region, but digital trade barriers and lack of seamless cross-border payments are key barriers.
Country's government has introduced initiatives to train 12,000 people in artificial intelligence skillsets, including industry professionals and secondary school students.
Country's high internet and smartphone penetration likely fuelled the increase of online crime incidents, which included a 72.8 percent climb in e-commerce scams during the first half of 2018.
Health Ministry is piloting the use of quarantined servers as part of efforts to "reduce the number of potential attack points", following last month's security breach that compromised the personal data of 1.5 million patients.
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To ensure public trust amid increasing cyber threats, onus is on companies to protect customer data and for governments to ensure data violations are taken seriously, says a top exec at Singapore's Cyber Security Agency.
Singapore healthcare group says it has sent out SMS messages to more than 700.000 patients impacted by the security breach, while warning of fake ones alleging patients' financial data had been leaked.
No system is infallible and cybersecurity breaches are inevitable, but Singapore needs to do better in mitigating the risks and following through on its pledge to safeguard citizen data.
Government describes attack as "deliberate, targeted, well-planned" and assures no medical data has been tempered with, but security vendors warn compromised data may end up for sale on the Dark Web.
Ride-sharing operator Grab will tap data from its platform to extract insights on transport patterns in Southeast Asian cities, and jointly develop applications with National University of Singapore to "transform" urban transportation.
Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center and Cybersecurity Agency of Singapore will conduct joint exercises and share insights during the three-year partnership agreement.
Spending AU$137 million on constructing a subsea cable system between Australia and Pacific island nations is a 'practical' way of providing foreign aid funding, Malcolm Turnbull has said.
With the 3.5GHz and 28GHz spectrum auction complete, the South Korean government and telcos are set to roll out 5G in December.
Threat actors are collaborating more effectively than legit businesses in the region, which aren't sharing enough intelligence with others in the industry, says Microsoft Asia CSO.
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To make Japan a more accommodating environment for startup entrepreneurs, the government is reportedly set to launch a nationwide one-year visa program, extending its current six-month program that is only available in Tokyo and Fukuoka.
With six in 10 transactions still involving cash and cheques, Singapore lags behind other cities in e-payments, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who urges need for country to keep pace.
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Two buildings in Nanjing will feature thousands of plants, which should absorb carbon dioxide and produce clean oxygen.
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