Singapore cyber defenders fend off simulated attacks against cellular, gas and airport systems


The three-day exercise involved employees from organisations such as Changi Airport Group, national water agency PUB, Senoko Energy and SingTel. - ST PHOTO: HESTER TAN

SINGAPORE: As simulated attackers tried to overload an electrical system, cripple a water distribution network and shut down a gas plant, cyber defence operators across 26 national agencies sprung into action to neutralise the assaults on a fictional state’s critical infrastructure.

These were among the scenarios that more than 200 participants went through from Nov 22 to 24, during the second Critical Infrastructure Defence Exercise held at the National University of Singapore.

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