Singapore Creates Agency to Protect against IT Threats

The Singapore Government issued a press release announcing the creation of the Singapore Infocomm Technology Security Authority (SITSA) "to secure Singapore’s IT environment, especially vis-à-vis external threats to national security such as cyber-terrorism and cyber-espionage."

Specifically SITSA will provide:

• IT Security Consultancy for strategic Government projects that have national security impact
• Partnership Development to build relationships with key entities strategic to enhancing Singapore’s IT security
• Critical Infocomm Infrastructure Protection to systematically harden the CIIs in nationally critical sectors
• Technology Development to develop and maintain SITSA’s technical competencies and to provide insights on developments in IT security and threats
• Singapore’s planning and preparedness, and response, against any major external cyber attack

The authority will be part of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Singapore Infocomm Technology Security Authority Set Up to Safeguard Singapore against IT Security Threats

Myanmar's Cyber Warfare Capabilities

The Asia Times Online has an extensive article on Myanmar's cyber war capabilities and alleges that it has received training and assistance from China, Russia and Singapore. It also provides some details on the types of assistance and the history of Myanmar's cyber capabilities.

The article also alleges that Myanmar's government is using cyber warfare techniques to disrupt dissident groups around the world:

"...the junta's cyber-warfare specialists appear to have wider designs than just censoring an uncomfortable anniversary and they are receiving plenty of foreign assistance in upgrading their political dissent quashing capabilities."

Myanmar on the cyber-offensive