The Digital Frontier

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digitisation across many sectors of the economy and society.¹ In the digital world, everything and everyone is connected to apps, data, purchases, services, and communication. Securing this world is critical for protecting people, organisations, infrastructure, and just about everything we rely on for health and prosperity.²

Cybersecurity breaches are on the rise. Risks abound, but so do solutions, including those based on artificial intelligence. Digital threats demand vigilance and resolve to respond to an ever-expanding cycle of risk. The ability to combat cyber threats effectively requires changes to the international and security community response to cybersecurity.³ This will ensure that our digital infrastructure continues to provide the level of resilience and security needed. Effective partnership between private and public sector leaders is key to ensuring cyber resilience in Singapore.⁴ Different segments of the community need to collaborate and work together to ensure a more resilient and safer cyberspace.

This resource guide was prepared in September 2021 by Darren Seow, Senior Librarian at the National Library, Singapore.

Websites

Cybersecurity is too big a job for governments or business to handle alone
Mee, P., & Chandrasekhar, C. (2021, May 3). Cybersecurity is too big a job for governments or business to handle alone. World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2021, September 20 from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/cybersecurity-governments-business/

Ransomware highlights the challenges and subtleties of cybersecurity
Ransomware highlights the challenges and subtleties of cybersecurity. (2021, June 19). The Economist. Retrieved 2021, September 20 from https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/06/19/ransomware-highlights-the-challenges-and-subtleties-of-cybersecurity

5 ways the COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed cybersecurity
Parent, M. (2021, March 5). 5 ways the COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed cybersecurity. The Conversation. Retrieved 2021, September 20 from https://theconversation.com/5-ways-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-forever-changed-cybersecurity-156170

Videos

Cyber diplomacy and emerging technology
Cyber diplomacy and emerging technology. (2021, June 29). Royal United Services Institute. Retrieved 2021, September 20 from https://rusi.org/events/open-to-all/cyber-diplomacy-and-emerging-technology

Implementation of norms for cyberspace–parallel or convergent perspectives?
Implementation of norms for cyberspace–parallel or convergent perspectives? (2021, June 12). NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. Retrieved 2021, September 20 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44hgwjX_smY

Journal Articles

Cyber diplomacy in Southeast Asia
Van Raemdonck, N. (2021, May). Cyber diplomacy in Southeast Asia. EU Cyber Direct. Retrieved 2020, September 20 from
https://eucd.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/eucd/assets/2ZycxfN1/dd-southeast-asia-nb-fb-nvr-09-05.pdf

Cybersecurity, emerging technology and systemic risk
Creese, S., et al. (2020, November 16). Cybersecurity, emerging technology and systemic risk. World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020, September 20 from
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_Series_Cybersecurity_emerging_technology_and_systemic_risk_2020.pdf

Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for nations
Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for nations. (2021, March). Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford. Retrieved 2021, September 20 from https://gcscc.ox.ac.uk/files/cmm2021editiondocpdf

Exploring national cyber security strategies: Policy approaches and implications
Dawda, S. (2021, February 3). Exploring national cyber security strategies: Policy approaches and implications. Royal United Services Institute. Retrieved 2021, September 20 from
https://static.rusi.org/220_ncss_web_0.pdf

Achieving robust European cybersecurity through public-private partnerships: Approaches and developments
Cappelletti, F., & Martino, L. (2021, January). Achieving robust European cybersecurity through public-private partnerships: Approaches and developments. European Liberal Forum. Retrieved 2021, September 20 from
https://liberalforum.eu/publication/discussion-paper-4-achieving-robust-european-cybersecurity-through-public-private-partnerships-approaches-and-developments/

The CCP’s next century: Expanding economic control, digital governance and national security
Grünberg, N., & Wessling, C. (Eds.). (2021, June 15). The CCP’s next century: Expanding economic control, digital governance and national security. Mercatos Institute for Chinese Studies. Retrieved 2021, September 20 from
https://merics.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/MERICSPapersOnChinaCCP100_3_1.pdf

Reflections on digital sovereignty
Moerel, L., & Timmers, P. (2021, January 15). Reflections on digital sovereignty. EU Cyber Direct. Retrieved 2020, September 20 from
https://eucd.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/eucd/assets/khGGovSY/rif_timmersmoerel-final-for-publication.pdf

The EU’s cybersecurity strategy for the digital decade
The EU’s cybersecurity strategy for the digital decade. (2020, December 16). European Commission. Retrieved 2020, September 20 from https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=72164

eBooks

RAND’s Scalable Warning and Resilience Model (SWARM): Enhancing defenders’ predictive power in cyberspace
Lilly, B., et. al. (2021). RAND’s Scalable Warning and Resilience Model (SWARM): Enhancing defenders’ predictive power in cyberspace. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.

URL: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA300/RRA382-1/RAND_RRA382-1.pdf

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