Clarification by Minister for Communications and Information

Debated in Parliament on 7 Jul 2014.

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Minister Yaacob clarified that the third-quarter 2015 timeline refers to the replacement of the current SingPass system, based on a tender called in April 2014.
He stated that two-factor authentication is being rolled out for agencies with online transactions and sensitive data, with implementation timelines left to individual agencies.
Agencies are expected to reveal their specific timelines for two-factor authentication later in the year.

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Mdm Speaker

Minister Yaacob.

The Minister for Communications and Information (Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim)

Madam, thank you very much. I just want to clarify a reply I made to the hon Member Mr Yee about the timeline. [Please refer to "Breach of SingPass User Accounts", Official Report, 7 July 2014, Vol 92, Issue No 7, Oral Answers to Questions section.]

I do not want to confuse the matter. The timeline for the third quarter of 2015 is for the replacement of the current SingPass system which was provided for in a tender called in April this year. The two-factor authentication is something which I mentioned earlier. We are now asking all agencies with online transactions and sensitive data to implement two-factor authentication. The timeline is left to the agencies. They will actually reveal the timeline in the latter part of this year.

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Clarification by Minister for Communications and Information

Debated in Parliament on 7 Jul 2014.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Minister Yaacob clarified that the third-quarter 2015 timeline refers to the replacement of the current SingPass system, based on a tender called in April 2014.
He stated that two-factor authentication is being rolled out for agencies with online transactions and sensitive data, with implementation timelines left to individual agencies.
Agencies are expected to reveal their specific timelines for two-factor authentication later in the year.

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Mdm Speaker

Minister Yaacob.

Clarification by Minister for Communications and Information

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The Minister for Communications and Information (Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim)

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Clarification by Minister for Communications and Information

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The Minister for Communications and Information (Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim)

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