SINGAPORE – Organisations must assume they are already under cyber attack by equipping themselves with online security measures that can identify and mitigate breaches, instead of just setting up cyber defences and anticipating attacks. This point was stressed by Mr Richard Magnus, chairman of the Committee of Inquiry (COI) probing the June cyber attack on public healthcare cluster SingHealth , which is Singapore’s worst-ever data breach. “Organisations must adopt an ‘assume breach’ mindset. They must not only adopt a proactive defence strategy, but must also arm themselves with security systems and solutions which enable them to detect and respond to cyber threats early,” said Mr Magnus. These, he added, must be complemented with the right people and processes. Mr Magnus, a retired senior judge, was giving his closing remarks on Friday (Nov 30) before adjourning the COI, which has heard from 37 witnesses over 20 days of hearings. During the breach in June , hackers stole the personal data of 1.5 million patients and the outpatient prescription information of 160,000 people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong . Echoing a point some witnesses like Singapore’s Commissioner of Cybersecurity David Koh had made in previous hearings, Mr Magnus said senior management has to… Read full this story
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