Public Servants In Singapore Will Not Be Given Internet Access

We suppose after the incident with Edward Snowden and the leaks, many governments around the world are understandably wary of similar leaks coming from their own employees, which is why despite it being a tad archaic, over in Singapore it has been decided that public servants will not be given access to the internet at work.

It is also rather ironic as some have pointed out that this seems to go against Singapore’s Smart Nation technology initiative. According to their decision, this would also prevent employees across the government from forwarding work-related information to personal emails, which we guess makes sense as well.

Speaking to the BBC, the country’s Infocomm Development Authority said, “The Singapore Government regularly reviews our IT security to make our IT network more secure. We have started to separate internet access from the work stations of a selected group of public service officers, and will do so for the rest of the public service officers progressively over a one-year period.”

The aim, like we said earlier, would be to plug leaks or potential leaks that could happen. That being said, there are companies who already employ such practices, like banks where only certain employees have access to the internet.

Tyler Lee
Categories: General
Tags: Security