SINGAPORE: The pause on new ICT systems following a cyberattack on SingHealth's system was lifted on Friday (Aug 3), the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG) said in a joint statement.
SNDGG has completed its review of cybersecurity policies and will implement additional measures for critical government systems to detect cybersecurity threats, the statement said.
AdvertisementThe pause was put in place after the "most serious breach of personal data" in Singapore's history took place in June, with 1.5 million SingHealth patients' records accessed and copied, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's.
Health Minister Gan Kim Yong had apologised for the attack, which he called unprecedented.
[h=3]READ: SingHealth cyberattack: Internet surfing delinked at all public healthcare clusters[/h]CSA has also instructed the 11 Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) sectors to raise their network security in light of the recent cyberattack on SingHealth computer systems by taking additional measures.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThese measures including removing all connections to unsecured external networks, mediating open connections through unidirectional gateways to prevent data leakage, and implementing a secured informational gateway if two-way communication between secured and unsecured external networks is required.
Such measures have been implemented by the Government, which is one of the 11 CII sectors, in the last three years to comply with these cybersecurity guidelines, the statement added.
However, the agencies also warned it is not possible to completely eliminate the risk of cybersecurity attacks.
"We will not allow such incidents to hold us back in building a Smart Nation and Digital Government. We need to persist in our efforts to harness the potential of the digital age, while building deeper expertise in cybersecurity so that we can do so confidently," the statement said.
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