Key cyber threats affecting Australia and provides vital advice on to protect businesses online. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released its Annual Cyber Threat Report 2020–21, highlighting the key cyber threats affecting Australian systems and networks, and uses strategic assessments, statistics, trends analysis, and case studies to describe…
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BIS Innovation Hub, APAC and African banks test digital currencies
Results will inform development of global and regional platforms for improving cross-border payments. The Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank Negara Malaysia, Monetary Authority of Singapore and South African Reserve Bank will join forces to test the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)…
Read MoreMalaysia Airports aims to be a 5G Digital Airport
Enabling safe, secure and seamless travel while positioning KLIA as a retail destination and tourism hub. As part of its Airports 4.0 digitalisation initiatives, Malaysia Airports has entered into a strategic partnership with Maxis to co-develop a digital transformation roadmap for Smart Airport operations. Malaysia Airports’ aim is to leverage…
Read MoreVietnam’s Übank the first digital bank in APAC
Delivering 50 new features in one month to enhance mobile banking app. Übank, Vietnam’s digital bank powered by VPBank, has successfully partnered with Backbase – global engagement banking platform leader – leveraging their Backbase-as-a-Service (BaaS) managed cloud service for its Engagement Banking Platform to enhance the bank’s mobile banking experiences and offerings, with…
Read MoreBuilding data co-operation in APAC
Singapore Deputy Commissioner at PDPC Yeong Zee Kin talks about digitalisation and data flows. Data is a non-rivalrous resource. Different organisations can work on their respective copies of the same dataset, each having an opportunity to benefit from it. The ability to benefit comes down to having imagination and the…
Read MoreStriving for a digitally united and sovereign Malaysia
Delivering 50 new features in one month to enhance mobile banking app. The month of September marks the second Malaysia Day since the global pandemic swept across the world. As the country continues its fight against the pandemic, now, more than ever, is a time for us to celebrate unity…
Read MoreEnabling Hong Kong through tech innovation
Secretary for Innovation and Technology, Alfred Sit speaks about how IT enables the country. Under the new normal, all of us have been experiencing a new way of life enabled by I&T. And Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech (LCSM), right from the beginning in our fight against the COVID-19 epidemic,…
Read MoreAustralian service provider passes 200 government cleared security staff
Security accreditations governed by the Department of Defence. Macquarie Telecom Group stated it has surpassed 200 government-cleared security staff, with plans to continue to grow that number, as it continues to invest in local skills and capability to protect Australia’s sensitive government and citizen data. Surpassing 200 security-cleared staff is…
Read MoreGrowth in cloud-based dispute resolution in local court
Northern Territory’s Local Court circuit works with Immediation for Cloud. Booroloola in the Northern Territory has a population of 870 and lies about 50 Km south of the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is also one of the 30-odd locations on the Northern Territory’s Local Court circuit. This is remote country…
Read MoreHong Kong office of CIO promotes green data centre
Victor Lam, JP, Government CIO talks about various initiatives. Victor Lam, JP, Government CIO gave a big salute to the BEAM Society and the Hong Kong Green Building Council for your unceasing efforts in introducing green building practices and assessment tools to promote green data centre development. According to Lam…
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