This interview is part of GovInsider’s inaugural Cybersecurity Champions report featuring public sector cybersecurity officials around the world.
Please give a brief description of your job function as a cybersecurity professional, as well as what your organisation does.
As the Director for Sector Governance in Risk & Sector Governance (RSG) for Singapore’s national HealthTech agency Synapxe, I lead several key areas covering public healthcare sector.
This includes Policy, Control and Compliance; Governance and Data Protection; Capability Development and Readiness; and Enterprise Risk Management and GRC System.
My team collaborates closely with various key stakeholders across Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), Cyber Security Agency (CSA), Health Science Authority (HSA), public healthcare institutions and the industry ecosystem, to increase cyber risk posture and maturity, drive efficiency and enable innovations in the sector.
For example, in 2024, Cyber Security Labelling Scheme for Medical Device [CLS(MD)] was formally launched during the Singapore International Cyber Week. This “first-in-the-world” multi-levelled CLS(MD) seeks to improve…
