Challenges of Cyber-Security in Smart City Singapore

The essay 'Cyber Security in Singapore' addresses the challenges faced by the Singapore Government in setting up effective cyber-security measures for a smart city. A significant issue is that less than 1% of professionals are engaged as cybersecurity mitigators across workplaces. To combat this, the government should increase hiring within industries prone to cyber-attacks and publicly share national security strategies. These strategies must encompass military considerations, education, social aspects, and economic growth, aiming to build a resilient infrastructure, develop public-private partnerships, and foster skilled workforces that support organizational growth. Additionally, Singapore faces difficulties in responding to cyber-attacks due to unawareness of the specific threats until they occur, which hampers timely mitigation efforts. The shortage of professionals exacerbates this challenge, reducing the effectiveness of existing security measures.

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Challenges faced by Singapore government in setting cyber-security measure for a smart
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The challenge that is faced by the Singapore Government is that the cyber security is not
good enough for critical mass and the people who have appropriate skills in a workplace. Less
than 1% of the professionals are working as cyber-security mitigators in all the workplaces. The
measure that the Singapore Government should take the initiative to employ more professionals
in those industries that mainly faces cyber attack. Singapore Government should also publish
their strategies in national security. The plan that the government should take principally involve
military consideration, education, social and economic (New, Castro and Beckwith 2017). There
are specific goals that drive the economic prosperity that protects the critical asset against all the
cyber attack in an organization. The goals are: Building a resilient and robust infrastructure so
that they can deal with all the attacks, develops private and public partnerships which includes
collaboration and also helps by building a workplace that is skilled and lastly by supporting the
economic growth of an organization.
Challenges faced by Singapore government in responding to cyber-attacks in a smart city
Singapore Government faces a challenge to meet to cyber attack in following ways:
All the time, the Government does not get aware of the attack that its organization faces.
The organization faces new kinds of cyber-attack which are not known to the Government. Until
the Government starts to work on the attack and understands the type of attack, the attack has
already done its work. As the strategies to mitigate different kinds of cyber attack are different,
this is the main problem in responding to a cyber attack. The first responders mainly fail to

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understand the attacks and also eradicate all the issues on hand (Cerrudo 2015). There are also
shortages of professionals in organizations which is the primary challenge that is faced by the
Singapore Government. They are not able to respond the cyber-attacks as there are fewer
professionals present in the cyber sector. The effectiveness of cyber measures that are taken by
organizations is not proper.

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References
Cerrudo, C., 2015. An emerging us (and world) threat: Cities wide open to cyber
attacks. Securing Smart Cities.
New, J., Castro, D. and Beckwith, M., 2017. How National Governments Can Help Smart Cities
Succeed. Cities.