Mitigates ongoing risk to organisations of compromise through this activity. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has issued a “high alert” to organisations to patch their Kaseya VSA platform, which has just become available. In early July 2021, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the United States and the…
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Transformation initiatives to pick up pace as enterprises look to become more resilient and thrive. Internet of Things (IoT) spending in Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) is forecast to surpass US$14.3 billion in 2021, delivering an annual growth rate of 10.4 per cent, according to the latest release of IDC’s Worldwide…
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Accelerating government digitalisation. The Singapore Government will spend up to an estimated S$3.8 billion on info-communications technology (ICT) procurement this year, an almost 10 per cent increase from FY20’s procurement value of S$3.5 billion. This spending will go towards transforming government digital services used by both citizens and businesses, and…
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The Deputy Government CIO Wong Chi Kwong shared some of the latest developments in the “Hong Kong Smart City Blueprint”. The SAR government announced the first “Hong Kong Smart City Blueprint” (“Blueprint”) in December 2017. The “Blueprint” sets four goals in order to build Hong Kong into a more advanced…
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Trends in number of government data incidents reported. The Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) has published the second update on the Government’s personal data protection efforts. This annual update is a key recommendation made by the Public Sector Data Security Review Committee (PSDSRC) in November 2019, to enhance…
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