The growing threat of online phishing scams calls for immediate steps to strengthen controls. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) are introducing a set of additional measures to bolster the security of digital banking, in view of the recent spate of SMS-phishing…
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AI Workforce Readiness Programme to train students through real-world AI projects. The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and global technology firm NVIDIA have entered a three-year partnership to collaborate in enhancing AI training for ITE students, through a jointly developed AI Workforce Readiness Programme. This involves the establishment of an AI…
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Businesses need to deploy a modern, intuitive ITSM platform to achieve faster time to value. Employees have growing consumer-like service expectations from their employers who receive highly responsive customer service outside of work. Companies are responding by increasingly adopting a customer- and service-centric approach that drives employee retention and job…
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Digital-first initiatives will drive unprecedented changes in the way IT is procured and deployed by organisations in Asia. IDC predicts by 2024, digital-first enterprises enable empathetic customer experiences and resilient operating models by shifting 60 per cent of all tech and services spending to as-a-service and outcomes-centric models. That is…
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Data files are believed to be amongst the records stolen during the data breach. The Government of South Australia was recently informed by its external payroll software provider, Frontier Software, that it was the victim of a ransomware cyber-attack directed at Frontier Software. The state government confirmed that significant personal…
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Most professionals believe they will need to upskill to succeed in their careers in 2022. Hays asked just over 21,600 professionals from across the globe if they thought they would need to upskill in 2022 to succeed in their career, 86 per cent of respondents said yes, while only 14…
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Innovation and technological Confidence. Hong Kong’s healthcare sector is taking innovation seriously, and just six per cent of employees said they would not describe their organisation as future-ready, by some distance the lowest proportion in Asia do so. As the uncertainty of the last two years dissipates, Hong Kong’s SAR…
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Questions surrounding assistance and protection Singapore bank customers. Entering 2022, the world continues to endure the pandemic. But the security industry has, no doubt, continued to shift, adapt, and develop in spite of things. Several trends have even accelerated. Beyond traditional “physical security,” a host of frontiers like AI, cloud…
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Questions surrounding assistance and protection Singapore bank customers. Monetary Authority Singapore requires financial institutions (FIs) to have robust systems and processes to ensure reliable delivery of services to their customers. In the event of a disruption, FIs are expected to restore the affected system as swiftly as possible and activate…
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Active, worldwide exploitation by malicious cyber actors of vulnerabilities found. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), along with international cyber security agency partners from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand, have issued a joint advisory with technical details, mitigations, and resources to help address critical vulnerabilities in the Apache…
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