Working closely with the people, private and public sectors, IDA has spearheaded a series of national infocomm security masterplans to combat ever-evolving cyber threats such as hacking, virus attacks and cyber terrorism, in order to maintain a secure infocomm environment for the government, businesses and individuals.

Infocomm Security Masterplan 2 (MP2)

The Infocomm Security Masterplan 2 (MP2) , launched in 2008, is a five-year roadmap which aims to build upon the achievements of the first Masterplan by enhancing the tenacity of our economy against cyber attacks, thereby boosting the confidence of investors in choosing Singapore as a strategic and secure location for their investments.

Developed through a multi-agency effort led by IDA, under the guidance of the National Infocomm Security Committee, the five-year Masterplan will see the public, private and people sectors working even more closely together to secure Singapore's cyber space.

The framework for MP2, as shown in the figure below, depicts the vision, coverage, strategic outcome and the supporting strategic thrusts. Four strategic thrusts have been identified to support MP2's aim of attaining high resilience and availability of the nation's infocomm infrastructure and services:

• Harden national infocomm infrastructure and services
  
  
• Enhance infocomm security competencies
  
  
• Cultivate vibrant infocomm security ecosystem
  
  
• Increase international collaboration

Pictorial Representation of the Infocomm Security Masterplan 2

Highlights of Selected MP2 Initiatives

To achieve the objectives of MP2, some of the key initiatives include:

The Association of Information Security Professionals (AISP) is a Government and Industry collaboration which aims to transform infocomm security into a distinguished profession and build a critical pool of competent infocomm security professionals who subscribe to the highest professional standards. The first such association in Asia, it hopes to elevate the standing, professionalism and trust accorded to security practitioners here.

The National Infocomm Scholarship for Infocomm Security support one of the Masterplan's strategic thrusts to enhance infocomm security competencies. It aims to groom scholars in the area of infocomm security and to help ensure that the industry has a fair share of top talents. Through this initiative, scholars have the opportunity to be nurtured by leading infocomm security multinational corporations, local companies and Government agencies during their studies. This includes mentorship with companies and work stints overseas of up to six months.

The Cyber Security Awareness Alliance was established to raise Singapore's infocomm security competency among the public, private and people sectors. It amalgamate efforts from its members by bringing together different strengths and resources to build a positive culture of cyber security in Singapore where infocomm users adopt essential security measures such as firewall and anti-virus software. It also has programmes to raise awareness and adoption of essential infocomm security practices in the private and people sectors.

The Cyber Security Exercises enhance the emergency readiness and responsiveness to large-scale cyber attacks at the national level. These exercises serve as a mechanism to assess our capability and readiness to respond and recover from debilitating events that cause widespread disruptions. In addition, these exercises will also help to identify areas that will further improve the resilience of our national infrastructure and services.

The Sector-Specific Infocomm Security Programmes assess and develop customised solutions that meet the unique security requirements of each sector. It will start with the Government, Infocomm and Energy sectors as earlier assessment from the first Masterplan has shown these sectors to be among the most critical in Singapore.

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