Singapore International Cyber Week

From exploring the power of Artificial Intelligence and Quantum technology to tackling mobile cyber threats, #SICW2024 provided a platform for sharing insights and hearing best practices from diverse perspectives. Here’s what the delegates have to say!   #CyberSecurityWeek #DigitalTrust #GlobalInnovation #TechLeadership 

Last week, global leaders, industry experts, and academics came together at Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) 2024 to tackle the critical cyber challenges shaping our digital future under the theme "Trust and Security in the Digital Era." From forging new partnerships and closer collaborations to insightful discussions at the high-level panel sessions, your participation was pivotal in shaping a more secure cyber landscape. Thank you for being a part of SICW  2024. We look forward to continuing the conversation at SICW 2025! #SICW2024 #CyberSecurityWeek #DigitalTrust #GlobalInnovation #TechLeadership 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to drive efficiency and foster innovation, but also introduces new security risks while amplifying existing ones. To support secure AI, many governments and industry partners have started investing in and developing new security risk frameworks, secure-by-design AI guidelines and technologies.   At Singapore International Cyber Week 2024 (#SICW24), the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and Palo Alto Networks co-hosted a closed-door roundtable on AI security. The roundtable brought together international government and industry stakeholders, including Google, OpenAI and Resaro, to discuss shared priorities and ways to align efforts in AI security research, solutions and standards.   The outcomes and insights from the roundtable will contribute to the upcoming AI Action Summit in France in February 2025. Thank you to all partners for sharing their insights and knowledge.

🚨 SPIRITCYBER 2024 Hackathon Highlights! The three-day Internet of Things (IoT) Hackathon: SPIRITCYBER 2024 at Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) 2024 brought together brilliant minds to tackle the theme of Cybersecure Urban Living. The annual Hackathon, part of Project Omega – a national threat analytics initiative which collects and studies novel IoT exploitation techniques, raises awareness of IoT threats and fosters stronger collaboration with industry and academia. As part of the month-long elimination round, participating teams from around the world competed remotely to uncover vulnerabilities and presented their findings to STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., Ensign InfoSecurity and Nanyang Technological University Singapore. The top eight teams, coming from eight different countries, advanced to the in-person IoT Hackathon at #SICW24. Catch the highlights as the top teams pushed boundaries, unveiling new attack techniques and reinforcing our IoT defences, at SICW24. A huge congratulations to the winning teams for their outstanding achievements in advancing IoT security!

"Building trust is a key line of effort in Singapore’s approach for Smart Nation 2.0, and we will be doing more to secure Singapore as a Smart City against cyber-physical risks," said Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and the Ministry of Health. At the inaugural Securing Smart Cities event at the Singapore International Cyber Week 2024, Dr Janil emphasised the risks posed by cyber-physical threats, where digital disruptions can cause real-world damage and affect day to day lives. Dr Janil spoke about Singapore’s approach to cyber-physical risks.   He highlighted the updated Cybersecurity Act that strengthened safeguards of our critical information infrastructure, an upcoming Digital Infrastructure Act that would further address broader set of security and resilience risks to digital infrastructure, as well as a refreshed Operational Technology Cybersecurity Masterplan. The panel discussion that followed centred on possible strategies to future-proof smart cities against evolving cyber-physical risks, how public-private partnerships can be strengthened to enhance cybersecurity resilience in securing smart city infrastructure. #SICW2024 #CyberSecurityWeek #DigitalTrust #GlobalInnovation #DigitalFuture #TechLeadership

The High-Level Panel: Has the Era of Tech Broken Multilateralism that took place yesterday addressed issues in cyber diplomacy. Second Minister for Education & Foreign Affairs, Dr Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, highlighted in his welcome address that "The key to tackling these emerging issues lies in strengthening and future-proofing the multilateral rules-based system, not retreating from it.” He emphasised that diplomatic efforts in the multilateral arena are key to reap the benefits of technology while still limiting the harms.   Mr Nathaniel Fick, Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy for the United States gave a keynote address at the High-Level Panel on “Has the Era of Tech Broken Multilateralism?”, and Mr Sithuraj Ponraj, Director of International Cyber Policy Office, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) moderated the panel discussing the role of multilateral institutions in addressing the needs of the digital era as well as the role that industry can play in working with governments.   Mr Wang Lei, the Coordinator for Cyber and Digital Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China gave a keynote address at the High-Level Panel on “Advancing Rules, Norms, and Standards in Cyberspace: The Way Forward”, which discussed the role of the UN in driving multilateral collaboration and how the international community can play a role in building a resilient and trustworthy digital environment for the future.   #SICW2024 #CyberSecurityWeek #DigitalTrust #GlobalInnovation #DigitalFuture #TechLeadership

To support the vision for a safer cyberspace for enterprises, expertise and support from across the cybersecurity ecosystem is key to move as one smart and secure nation. Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and the Ministry of National Development, Mr Kiat How Tan announced updates to the SMEs Go Digital programme’s cybersecurity category. By aligning with the “Secure/Protect” and “Backup” categories of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA)’s Cyber Essentials mark, SMEs now have a clearer path to adopting pre-approved cybersecurity solutions that help to protect their operations. To further expand cloud safety, Mr Tan also announced the mutual recognition of CSA’s Cyber Trust mark and the Cloud Security Alliance’s Security, Trust, Assurance and Risk (STAR) Level 2 certification. With the mutual recognition, organisations with the Cyber Trust mark may see potentially reduced time and effort when applying for the STAR Level 2 certification, and vice versa. Find out more at: https://lnkd.in/gGZkx3zf #SICW2024 #CyberSecurityWeek #DigitalTrust #GlobalInnovation #DigitalFuture #TechLeadership

The High-Level Panel on 'Trust and Security in the Quantum Era' at the Singapore International Cyber Week 2024 brought together global experts to address the challenges of the quantum era and examine quantum-safe solutions.   The panel discussed quantum-safe migration strategies, key actions necessary to safeguard digital trust in this emerging era, and examined approaches to raise awareness for quantum-safe migrations such as creating and disseminating advisories.    They also delved into the challenges of establishing assurance in new quantum-safe technologies and identified potential roles for governments and industry in driving quantum-safe migration.   Special thanks to the keynote speaker, Mr Quek Gim Pew; the moderators: Dr Vikram Sharma and Mr Gaurav Keerthi; and the panellists: Mr Alexey Bocharnikov, Professor Ronald Cramer, Dr Matt Henricksen, Mr Chong Rong Hwa, Mr John Buselli, Mr Ben Packman, Dr Amelia Tan, and Professor Ding Jintai.

Mobile security is more important than ever, especially with society’s growing reliance on mobile phones and the rising sophistication of scams. At the Mobile Security x Scams event held today as part of Singapore International Cyber Week 2024, Deputy Secretary (Policy) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr Ngiam Shih Chun, highlighted Singapore’s various strategies to combat scams and enhance mobile security. He spoke about the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA)’s newly released Safe App Standard (SAS) 2.0, which aims to provide app developers and owners with updated guidelines to enhance the security of their mobile apps, which in turn safeguards user transactions from scammers. Mr Ngiam called for app developers to adopt the SAS 2.0 in order to foster a more secure environment for online transactions and build up greater public confidence in the apps. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/g4FCniHt #SICW2024 #CyberSecurityWeek #DigitalTrust #GlobalInnovation #DigitalFuture #TechLeadership

The use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide has improved the way societies live, work and play, with billions of such devices now online. As with all things that are connected to the internet, they are exposed to cybersecurity threats and risks online, and it is important to prioritise IoT security as its adoption grows. Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and the Ministry of Health, Dr Janil Puthucheary, delivered the opening address at the International IoT Security Roundtable. Underscoring this, Dr Janil announced that Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs) on cybersecurity labels for consumer smart products have been established with the Republic of Korea and Germany. With this mutual recognition, devices issued with specific levels of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Label will be mutually recognised in both countries as having fulfilled the necessary security requirements, and vice versa. Dr Janil also announced another major milestone – the launch of the Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme for Medical Devices [CLS(MD)], jointly developed by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), Ministry of Health (Singapore), Health Sciences Authority and Synapxe. Under CLS(MD), medical devices are rated according to their cybersecurity level and will enable healthcare providers and consumers to select more secure medical devices. Visit https://lnkd.in/gdMGFfXt to find out more about the MRAs and CLS(MD). #SICW2024 #CyberSecurityWeek #DigitalTrust #GlobalInnovation #DigitalFuture #TechLeadership