SG’s first line of defence to fight cyber attacks still lacks teeth

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Despite reliable infrastructure, technology and regulations in place, the human element is still the weak link when it comes to cyber security

tweet Photo: YouTube screengrab Understanding the necessity among Singaporean companies to take an active stance in responding to the increasing cases of multimillion dollar cyber threats globally, an innovative ‘digital defence’ framework has recently been integrated to the country’s Total Defence mechanism since mid-February 2019.

A top official of IHiS’ security management department also did not raise the issue to his superiors despite signs of illegal logins observed to the patients’ database. The manager feared having to work “non-stop” in providing responses to the management’s queries had he done so. In a related incident, about 14,200 HIV-positive patient’s health records were illicitly posted online by a certain Mikhy Farrera Brochez, a deported American fraudster.

 

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