MINDEF TO INVITE 300 HACKERS TO TEST ITS CYBER DEFENCES

STRAITS TIMES  WED 13 DEC 2017 MINDEF TO INVITE 300 HACKERS TO TEST ITS CYBER DEFENCES In a first for the Government, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) will be inviting about 300 international and local hackers to hunt for vulnerabilities in its Internet-connected systems next year, in a bid to guard against ever-evolving cyber threats. From Jan 15 to Feb 4, these selected experts will try to penetrate eight of Mindef's Internet-facing systems, such as the Mindef web-site, the [...]

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NEW INDEX TO HELP CITIES BECOME SMART THROUGH TECH

STRAITS TIMES FRI 24 NOV 2017 NEW INDEX TO HELP CITIES BECOME SMART THROUGH TECH Singapore has smart-city ambitions, and is accelerating up the technoligical superhighway to achieve this. But what is a "smart city", and how will Singapore measure its progress at becoming one? To answer these questions, the Singapore University of Technology and Design's (SUTD) Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities will be working with the International Institute for Management [...]

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ALIBABA COLLEGE TO TEACH E-COMMERCE HERE

STRAITS TIMES THU 23 NOV 2017 ALIBABA COLLEGE TO TEACH E-COMMERCE HERE Entrepreneurs here hoping to become the next Jack Ma can soon learn the secrets of doing well in e-commerce through a course offered by a business school run by the Chinese Internet mogul's company Alibaba. The Alibaba Business College plans to roll out a digital e-commerce course in countries under China's Belt and Road Initiative to link China with Asia, Africa and Europe through routes over land and sea, [...]

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UBER PAID HACKERS TO COVER UP

STRAITS TIMES THU 23 NOV 2017 UBER PAID HACKERS TO COVER UP SAN FRANCISCO: Uber Technologies Inc paid hackers US$100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed the personal information of about 57 million accounts of the rider-service provider, the company said. Discovery of the US company's cover-up resulted in the firing of two employees responsible for its response to the hack, said Mr Dara Khosrowshahi, who replaced co-founder Travis Kalanick as CEO in [...]

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