What caused the Facebook Outage: Cybersecurity Experts Decode
The outages which users of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram faced on Monday night could be due to DNS Disruption, ‘Hacktivism’ and BGS Updates, cyber security experts said. “Billions of users have been impacted by the services being entirely offline today,” tracker Downdetector wrote on its website. Cyber experts are of the view that a combination […]
Singapore to Implement Licenses for Cybersecurity Providers
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) is looking to bring in new licensing requirements for cybersecurity service providers. CSA is seeking industry feedback on the proposed licence conditions and draft subsidiary legislation under the licensing framework for cybersecurity service providers, authorities said. The consultation will commence on 20 September 2021 for a period of […]
Cybersecurity budgets of Chinese companies continue to lag: EY Report
Almost 75 per cent of Chinese companies can’t fully handle cybersecurity challenges, in the backdrop of increase in ransomware, DDoS and other types of online threats According to the 2021 EY Global Information Security Survey, the increased changes due to COVID-19 and new requirements for law and regulation compliance, have resulted in organisations grappling with […]
Hong Kong to come up with Data Protection Regulations
The Hong Kong government is studying the need to enact a “Cyber Security Law” with aim to help society. According to a report in Sing Tao Daily, the Hong Kong government is looking to strengthen the security of its network information systems and important infrastructure information systems. It is understood that the research direction includes […]