The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has launched a voluntary cyber security labelling scheme for consumer smart devices to improve IoT security, raise overall cyber hygiene levels and better secure Singapore’s cyberspace. Under the scheme, the first of its kind in Asia-Pacific according to CSA, smart devices will be rated according to their level […]
Singapore launches IoT security guide for enterprises and vendors
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has launched an IoT Cyber Security Guide to offer enterprise users and their vendors deploy secure IoT technology. It follows release of a draft guide and the initiation of consultion in January 2019 and the initiation of consultation with the UK Government on consumer IoT security in October 2019. […]
UK and Singapore co-operate to secure consumer IoT
The UK and Singapore governments have agreed to co-operate on security for consumer IoT devices. The two governments says they will endeavour to take a leading role in driving improvements in the security of smart consumer products. In a joint statement they said: “We want to ensure that internet-connected devices have security built in […]
Singapore introduces IoT security guidelines
Singapore’s Infocom Media Development Authority (IMDA) has released a draft set of recommendations and guidance to IoT users and vendors on securing IoT devices and networks, and is seeking comments. The 19 page Internet of Things (IoT) Cyber Security Guide is accompanied by a separate consultation paper setting out the specific questions on which IMDA seeks […]
A momentous year for smart cities
2017 has been a momentous year in the smart cities and communities movement. This is especially true in several Asia-Pacific countries – notably Australia, Singapore, China and Korea. Newcastle, in NSW Australia, has made huge progress with its award of a Smart Cities & Suburbs Grant to advance the city’s public transportation system and digital […]
Singapore joins ITU smart city trial
Singapore has joined the ITU’s two-year pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of the ITU’s key performance indicators for smart sustainable cities. The ITU aims to develop an internationally standardised set of of the indicators that can be used as the basis of a Global Smart Sustainable Cities Index. The pilot project will test and […]
IDC puts APeJ IoT market at $US583b by 2020
IDC is forecasting the number of things connected to the Internet in Asia Pacific excluding Japan will increase from 3.1 billion to 8.6 billion by 2020 and that the value of the market will increase from $US250 billion to $US583 billion. However it has not indicated exactly which components of this market of ‘things’ are […]
What’s the Australian Government’s role in IoT?
Brian McCarson, Intel’s chief IoT architect ended his talk at the AIIA IoT conference in Canberra last month with some advice for Australia. “My simple observations for any geography, but especially Australia, is that there are three things that need to be done to help IoT become a major economic driving force for this country,” […]
