Testing the resilience of critical government systems

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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Singapore increases ICT spending in FY2021

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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Singapore Government increases ICT spending in FY2021

Accelerating Government digitisation. 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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Locking in COVID-19 digitalisation gains

CIOs must seize their opportunity, advises CEO of GovTech Singapore, the country’s government statutory board. The pandemic has triggered five years’ worth of digital adoption in a matter of eight weeks (according to a McKinsey study), organisations must now be proactive in ensuring these changes are long-lasting. Singapore’s GovTech CEO…

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Singapore updates SingPass with two-factor authentication

Provides more convenience and accessibility to government digital services securely. Government Technology Agency Singapore has recently added two new Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) options when transacting with government digital services for its SingPass users. The introduction of SingPass Face Verification and Multi-User SMS 2FA will provide more convenience and accessibility to…

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Sally helps Singapore Government with the process of logistics distribution

Mobile App used to digitalise the nationwide reusable mask distribution exercise In early April Steven Koh, director of Government Digital Services at GovTech, received a call from the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the People’s Association (PA). Both organisations wanted to know if GovTech could develop an…

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OCBC Bank enables use of SingPass to access digital banking services

Customers can login using their SingPass via the mobile app. OCBC Bank’s 1.8 million digital customers will now be able to use the SingPass Mobile app as an alternative login to access the full suite of digital banking services via the OCBC Mobile Banking app or Internet banking. Using SingPass…

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Singapore’s GovTech chooses Tableau Software for data analytics

Furthering data analytics in public service departments. The Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) has renewed its 2017 agreement with Tableau Software to train and deepen public officers’ capabilities in data analytics and visualisation. The Memorandum of Intent (MOI), signed the second week of July 2020, will help public officers…

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