Cyber operators defend 'nation under attack'

Exercise allows agencies to jointly prepare to deal with cyber attacks: Heng Chee How

- Andrew Wong and Mah Xiao Yu

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 sprang 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.

The three-day exercise organised by the SAF's Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) and Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) involved employees from organisations such as Changi Airport Group, national water agency PUB, Senoko Energy and Singtel.