Today-Mar 2
The Singapore Armed Forces will establish a new Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) by the fourth quarter of this year to address emerging threats in the digital domain.
The service will be the SAF’s fourth service alongside the existing Army, Navy and Air Force. “The digital terrain has become as real as the land, air and sea domains for which we have raised the Army, the Air Force and the Navy,” said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Wednesday (March 2) during the parliamentary debate of his ministry’s budget. Dr Ng said that there have been clear examples of countries or non-state entities such as terrorist groups which use a combination of attacks through
both digital and physical domains. The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) explained that the DIS will be tasked with providing “accurate, relevant and timely early warning and operational intelligence” as well as to advance command connectivity for the SAF to operate as a “networked force”. “It will also be responsible for digital defence of the SAF through cyberdefence and electronic protection of our networks and systems,” Mindef said. Having the status as a service on par with the land, sea and air services will also allow DIS to grow its workforce by enhancing professional development, recruitment and career prospects considerably. Read more at: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/saf-establish-4th-service-bolster-singapores-digital-defences-beyond-land-air-and-sea-1833176
