MAS Imposes Additional Capital Requirement for Disruption of Digital Banking Services
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As the Singapore bank’s digital banking services were unavailable for two days, MAS conducted a comprehensive review of the incident and imposed an additional capital requirement.
Institute of Science Unveils One of India’s Fastest Supercomputers
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Param Pravega has a total supercomputing capacity of 3.3 petaflops and will host an array of programme development tools, utilities, and libraries for developing and executing high-performance computing applications.
Thailand Allots THB2.5 Billion for Digital Development
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The Digital Economy and Society Development Fund has set aside the amount for digital development projects, particularly for fintech, health tech, government tech, innovation tech, agriculture tech, digital and manpower.
Technique Smooths Path for AI Training in Wireless Devices
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Federated machine learning involves multiple devices and allows the overall AI system to improve its performance without compromising the privacy of the data being used to train the system.
Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue and Bureau of Customs Strengthen Cybersecurity
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The Finance Secretary has urged its main revenue-generating agencies to keep their cybersecurity measures up to date and effective against cyber-based threats amid the rising number of online financial scams.
Western Australia Water Corporation to Receive Digital Workplace Upgrade
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The corporation has awarded a $59 million, seven-year contract for delivery of digital workplace and infrastructure managed services that also includes service delivery and cross-functional IT services management.
EXCLUSIVE: Gerald Caron, Chief Information Officer & Assistant Inspector General for Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General
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OpenGov Asia interviews Gerald Caron on strategies to implement Zero Trust Architecture
China Unveils Digital Economy Growth Plan
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To empower national digital transformation and improve innovation, China rolled out a plan for upgrading national infrastructure to spur investment and drive overall economic growth.
New South Wales Planning Department Launches New Cyber Security Function
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The department has launched a new information security function under the ongoing cyber security uplift that sits within the department’s digital information office.
Indonesia Expects Equitable 5G Implementation by 2025
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The nation plans to evenly implement 5G telecommunications networks by 2025 as 5G has many advantages, including data speed, low latency capability and the use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.