SolarWinds & Cyber Diplomacy: The Missing Piece
Tan E Guang Eugene
03 March 2021
Relying solely on a domestic response will not end the cycle of global cyber threats. A concerted effort to build capacity, confidence, and rules of the road may bring consequences to states who choose to continue sponsoring hostile activity.
IT IS now evident that while the SolarWinds breach affected many government agencies in the United States, and potentially other users of its Orion software like Singapore, the operation has reportedly remained an act of espionage – something most states if not all do in one form or another.
In a statement to the Singapore Parliament on 2 February 2021, Minister for Communications and Information S Iswaran announced that there has been “no indication” that the country’s critical information infrastructure and government systems have been adversely affected by the breach. He recognised that breaches like SolarWinds demonstrate how these cyber threats are first, global in nature; second, will happen again; and, third, are difficult to prevent, and called upon all users and operators to be vigilant in tackling cyber threats.
Read the full commentary at https://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/cens/solarwinds-cyber-diplomacy-the-missing-piece
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