Reducing the cost and inefficiencies of remittances between the two countries. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Reserve Bank of India today announced plans to link Singapore’s PayNow and India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) real-time payment systems by July 2022. The PayNow-UPI linkage will enable users to make…
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Adapting the most advanced technologies. The Australian Government in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam announced the award of grants totaling nearly AUD 1.4 million to four high-tech projects through the Aus4Innovation Program. Adapting the most advanced technologies developed and tested in Australia, these projects are…
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Growing businesses focus on technology strategy and recruitment. South Australia’s Department for Trade and Investment has signed an agreement with Microsoft and Nokia, with eyes firmly fixed on leveraging Space and 5G technologies to tackle the world’s most challenging issues. By fostering relationships with South Australian industry, government and academic…
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Recent milder DDoS cyber compared to 2020. A recent cyberattack – which affected ANZ, Kiwibank, NZ Post, and possibly MetService – were distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Such attacks were unsophisticated and the effect appears limited, according to a number of media sources. These attacks were milder compared to…
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Secretary for Innovation and Technology, Alfred Sit discusses the the Data Security Law of the PRC. The Hong Kong Government has formulated a set of comprehensive government information security incident response mechanism and related measures. Established by the Security Bureau, the Security Regulations include dedicated chapters governing information security for…
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Country has strength in digital infrastructure and the growth of its talent pool. The Digital Global Business Services (DGBS) industry has reiterated their confidence in Malaysia as an attractive investment hub. While active GBS companies accounts for approximately 20 per cent of total active MSC Malaysia companies, they are the…
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New vulnerability rewards programme by the Singapore Government. The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) has launched a new Vulnerability Rewards Programme (VRP) to augment the existing Government Bug Bounty Programme (GBBP) and Vulnerability Disclosure Programme (VDP). Together, the three crowdsourced vulnerability discovery programmes supplement GovTech’s suite of cybersecurity capabilities to safeguard…
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“Reader” apps around the world link to an external website to set up or manage an account beginning early next year. The Japan Fair Trade Commission has closed an investigation, that will allow Apple to update coming to the App Store. The update will allow developers of “reader” apps to…
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Commits to accelerating Malaysia’s digital transformation. The Board of the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia’s lead agency for digital transformation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ts Mahadhir Aziz as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1st September 2021. He was previously the co-founder and CEO of Futurize…
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Opportunity to be a regional digital hub leading the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Despite job market uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hays, a in specialist recruitment, reported that businesses in Malaysia expect business activity to increase by 54 per cent this year in their 2021 Hays Asia Salary Guide. Forming…
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