SingCert advises organisations to strengthen cybersecurity posture amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

THE Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team (SingCert) advised Singapore organisations to strengthen their cybersecurity posture, heighten vigilance and bolster their online defences in light of developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

In a press release published on Sunday (Feb 27), the authorities warned of increased cyberthreats globally as a result of the recent cyberattacks on Ukraine and developments in the conflict.

Potential cyberattacks that organisations should look out for include Web defacement, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and ransomware.

To secure their systems and network infrastructure, SingCert recommends that organisations secure their systems and network infrastructure with measures such as multi-factor authentication for remote, privileged and administrative access to their networks. Organisations should also disable ports and protocols not essential for business purposes.

They should also monitor their network connections and review system logs to detect suspicious communications or data transmissions through their networks.

Furthermore, organisations should prepare for ransomware attacks. Some measures that organisations can take include backing up their data regularly and keeping those backups offline.

SingCert said that companies affected by cyberattack or have evidence of any suspicious compromise of their networks should report the incident using their incident reporting form.