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Singapore to treat infosec as equivalent public good to fresh running water

46 points by sohkamyung 6y ago

jacknews 6y ago
What about privacy, is that not also a public good, like running water?
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  In the swiss constitution, privacy is: https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html#a13 https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/... For comparison, although water standards are handled at the national level, water provision is generally a city affair: https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/Protocol_reports/reports_pdf_web/Switzerland_summary_report_en.pdf https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/Protocol_repor... Then again, there are jurisdictions where "equivalent to fresh running water" may not say much: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52384622 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52384622
gommm 6y ago
Hope that part of the rating will include regular security updates for a minimum of 10 years.
LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
I'm torn between "Good luck with that!" and GREAT!
- msarrel 6y ago
  Yes and half the planet doesn't have clean drinking water either
Barrin92 6y ago
>Keerthi said government thinking about information security is mired in that 1800s mentality of hoping citizens will do the right thing, or can be scolded into better behaviour. But with everyday life increasingly dependent on online services, he said Singapore has decided it is time to provide the infosec equivalent of clean tap water to all. One way the nation is doing so is with services that the private sector can – pardon the pun - tap into. To that end the country offers “SingPass”, a national identity scheme that links citizens to services and is also offered to private enterprise such as banks as a free-to-use alternative to developing their own authentication schemes. I'm pretty envious when it comes to the quality and pragmatism of government in Singapore and the degree to which they're on top of changing and raising their standards as tech becomes more and more part of public infrastructure. If there's one constant that seems to go through Singapore's history it's that the administration doesn't just stop when they've accomplished something and then declares everything else to be someone's private obligation, but continues to raise standards.
mikhailfranco 6y ago
Ironic that Singapore has to import half its fresh water supply: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Singapore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in...

46 points by sohkamyung 6y ago

jacknews 6y ago

What about privacy, is that not also a public good, like running water?

082349872349872 6y ago
In the swiss constitution, privacy is: https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html#a13 https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/... For comparison, although water standards are handled at the national level, water provision is generally a city affair: https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/Protocol_reports/reports_pdf_web/Switzerland_summary_report_en.pdf https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/Protocol_repor... Then again, there are jurisdictions where "equivalent to fresh running water" may not say much: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52384622 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52384622

gommm 6y ago

Hope that part of the rating will include regular security updates for a minimum of 10 years.

LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago

I'm torn between "Good luck with that!" and GREAT!

msarrel 6y ago
Yes and half the planet doesn't have clean drinking water either

Barrin92 6y ago

>Keerthi said government thinking about information security is mired in that 1800s mentality of hoping citizens will do the right thing, or can be scolded into better behaviour. But with everyday life increasingly dependent on online services, he said Singapore has decided it is time to provide the infosec equivalent of clean tap water to all. One way the nation is doing so is with services that the private sector can – pardon the pun - tap into. To that end the country offers “SingPass”, a national identity scheme that links citizens to services and is also offered to private enterprise such as banks as a free-to-use alternative to developing their own authentication schemes. I'm pretty envious when it comes to the quality and pragmatism of government in Singapore and the degree to which they're on top of changing and raising their standards as tech becomes more and more part of public infrastructure. If there's one constant that seems to go through Singapore's history it's that the administration doesn't just stop when they've accomplished something and then declares everything else to be someone's private obligation, but continues to raise standards.

mikhailfranco 6y ago

Ironic that Singapore has to import half its fresh water supply: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Singapore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in...