3 November 2023
Weekly Wrap Up: MAS bars DBS for six months, but why are serious actions taken only now?
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has imposed a six-month pause on DBS Bank's non-essential IT changes to ensure that the bank keeps sharp focus on restoring the resilience of its digital banking services.
DBS will not be allowed to acquire new business ventures during this period or reduce the size of its branch and ATM networks in Singapore. But why are such serious actions only taken now despite the bank facing major disruptions multiple times in the last year.
Benjamin Ang, Senior Fellow & Head, Centre of Excellence for National Security and Future Issues in Technology, RSIS NTU shares his views.

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8 January 2021
TraceTogether data available to police: What constitutes a legal invasion of data privacy
On Monday, it was revealed that the Singapore Police Force are empowered under the Criminal Procedure Code to obtain TraceTogether data for criminal investigations. Singaporeans reacted unhappily with the fact that their data is not indeed a ‘secret’. But what exactly constitutes a legal invasion of data privacy? Benjamin Ang, Head, Cyber and Homeland Defence, Centre of Excellence for National Security, RSIS NTU shares his insights.

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27 December 2019
Year in review - Law 2019
2019 has seen change in the law or new laws being introduced in Singapore. For example, smoking was banned along the Orchard Road shopping district and to the most recent fake news law.  Benjamin Ang, Senior Fellow/ Cyber Homeland Defense Centre of Excellence for National Security, RSIS NTU discusses with us the changes we have experienced in terms of law for 2019.

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