{"id":231587,"date":"2026-04-05T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/how-ai-is-reshaping-cybersecurity-for-singapores-public-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T00:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:15:12","slug":"how-ai-is-reshaping-cybersecurity-for-singapores-public-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/how-ai-is-reshaping-cybersecurity-for-singapores-public-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI is reshaping cybersecurity for Singapore\u2019s public sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/govinsider.asia\/intl-en\/article\/how-ai-is-reshaping-cybersecurity-for-singapores-public-sector\">How AI is reshaping cybersecurity for Singapore\u2019s public sector<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/govinsider.asia\/intl-en\/article\/how-ai-is-reshaping-cybersecurity-for-singapores-public-sector\">https:\/\/govinsider.asia\/intl-en\/article\/how-ai-is-reshaping-cybersecurity-for-singapores-public-sector<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-05 21:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"govinsider.asia\">govinsider.asia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a digitally mature country like Singapore, a strong cybersecurity framework is essential.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country has embraced digital transformation to the point where most interactions between government and citizen are digital in nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Any disruption of the digital infrastructure can directly affect citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis [digital] maturity changes the equation in a few ways. The attack surface is now very broad, spanning cloud platforms, mobile applications, data-sharing platforms, critical operational technology (OT) systems, and a growing number of services enabled by artificial intelligence (AI),\u201d explains Fortinet\u2019s Country Head for Singapore and Brunei, Jess Ng.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The success of Singapore\u2019s vision of harnessing digital technology to transform society depends on ensuring that government services are secure, reliable, and resilient against rising cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this need for ensuring uptime and seamless services while strengthening cyber security efforts, public sector technology leaders are also facing pressures on budgets and productivity, adds Ng.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She notes that this is where Fortinet steps in to help the public sector embed security into the fabric of the digital ecosystem, by using a unified AI-driven platform that provides consistent protection and visibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is to make sure that as Singapore pushes forward with Smart Nation 2.0 and AI adoption, security and trust advance in lockstep with that progress,\u201d says Ng.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Changes in parallel <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AI stands as an impactful force shaping both the strategies of cybercriminals as well as frontline cybersecurity teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phishing and social engineering attempts, crafted by AI, are increasingly more sophisticated, more convincing, targeted, and harder to detect.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fortinet\u2019s Country Head for Singapore &#038; Brunei, Jess Ng. Image: Fortinet.<\/p>\n<p>Ng warns that this trend is even more pronounced across Asia Pacific with attackers using AI-generated deepfakes, automated&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/govinsider.asia\/intl-en\/article\/how-ai-is-reshaping-cybersecurity-for-singapores-public-sector\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How AI is reshaping cybersecurity for Singapore\u2019s public sector https:\/\/govinsider.asia\/intl-en\/article\/how-ai-is-reshaping-cybersecurity-for-singapores-public-sector Publish Date: 2026-04-05 21:54:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":231588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"http:\/\/govinsider.asia\/uploads\/2026\/4\/Cover%20Image%20(6)-1775440033567-w300.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20,25,57],"class_list":["post-231587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-phishing","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231589,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231587\/revisions\/231589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}