Introduction
- A standalone Cybersecurity Bill (“Bill”) will be tabled in Parliament in 2017.
- The new Bill will ensure that the operators of Singapore’s critical information infrastructure (“CII”) take proactive steps to secure such CIIs and report incidents of cybersecurity breaches.
- The new Bill will empower the Cyber Security Agency (“CSA”) to manage cyber incidents and raise the standards of cybersecurity providers.
- All businesses (not just CII) are recommended to adopt a cybersecurity-by-design approach to their operations.
- CII operators (and potentially other businesses that deal with them) need to establish additional policies and procedures (if they have not already done so) to deal with cyber incidents, and comply with the new reporting obligation.
A standalone Cybersecurity Bill will be tabled in Parliament next year to keep pace with the evolving cyber security landscape in Singapore and beyond. This was revealed by Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and Information, at the Committee of Supply Debate on 11 April 2016. In his speech, Dr Yaacob said that the Ministry of Communications and Information (“MCI”) will review the country’s policy and legislative framework for cybersecurity as the Government moves towards building Singapore as a Smart Nation. For the full article click here
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