Public sector to put in place data security-strengthening measures with immediate effect.
SINGAPORE — The Singapore public service sector is implementing several technical measures with immediate effect in order to strengthen its data security regime, following a series of data breaches in the past year.
“This is in view of the increasing complexity of our systems, the greater demand for the use of data to provide convenient digital services to the public, and the need to use data for better policy making. The range of threats to data security has also increased.” While some of the technical measures can be implemented immediately, there will be further measures to address and strengthen access controls. Such medium-term measures will be detailed in the final report.
Finally, the committee will also develop measures to raise data security capabilities among public officers, so that they can be more competent and confident in using and safeguarding data, as well as maintaining public trust. This was followed in January this year by the revelation that the HIV-positive status and personal information of 14,200 people from the Republic’s HIV registry had been leaked online by United States citizen Mikhy Farrera Brochez.
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