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Singapore users putting businesses at risk of cyberattacks

Published Thu, Oct 13, 2016 · 09:50 PM

THE Singapore government recently announced that public servants will be cut off from the Internet from May next year, in an extraordinary move to tighten security. Affecting some 100,000 computers in government agencies, ministries and statutory boards, this decision was made so as to reduce and prevent potential leaks from work email and shared documents amid heightened security threats from outside sources.

Over the past few years, cybercrime has increased significantly, putting businesses - however big or small - at risk of attacks. We must be vigilant, now more than ever, when it comes to digital security.

In the most recent survey, we took a look at the behaviours of the end users of enterprise systems - employees - to better understand the impact their actions are having on security. The results were surprising.

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