Government says it will clarify the definition of critical information infrastructures and duties of such operators as well as licensing requirements of service providers, in the new bill slated to be introduced in early-2018.
By Eileen Yu for By The Way
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Slated to be introduced in parliament early-2018, the Cybersecurity Bill was first unveiled in July this year and touted as a necessary step to enable the relevant authorities to take proactive measures to protect local critical information infrastructures (CIIs) and swiftly respond to threats and incidents. It listed 11 sectors considered to own CIIs, including water, healthcare, government, maritime, energy, and aviation.
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Public feedback on the proposed legislation was sought and these now would be considered as part of efforts to “refine” several aspects of the bill, according to a joint statement by the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and Cyber Security Agency (CSA), which received 92 submissions from the industry. These included law firms such as Allen & Gledhill, which said it submitted its feedback on behalf of nine financial institutions, all three local carriers–M1, StarHub, and Singtel–consulting firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers Risk Services and KPMG, and tech vendors such as Amazon Web Services, FireEye, Microsoft, and Palo Alto Networks.
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