Will ISO 27018 help cloud customers to comply with Singapore’s data protection laws?
A key challenge for organisations who want to use cloud services is to do so in a way that is compliant with the organisations’ obligations …
Regulatory action
Are Singapore’s Monetary Authority’s proposed outsourcing rules clear enough?
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS“) is consulting on a new notice and guidelines on outsourcing. Having already commented on its positive message for cloud services, this post addresses the …
MAS Embraces Cloud: A Silver Lining
There should be relief at the moment felt by financial institutions and cloud service providers alike, following the release of the MAS’s consultation on the …
Monetary Authority of Singapore publishes consultation on revising outsourcing guidelines
On Friday 5 September, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (which regulates financial institutions in Singapore) published a consultation on revising its existing guidelines on outsourcing. …
ECJ finds Data Retention Directive invalid. What next?
On 8 April 2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC interferes in a particularly serious manner with the fundamental …
Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón issues damning opinion on the Data Retention Directive
Last week (12/12/2013), a serious blow was dealt to one of the fundamental building blocks establishing the legal framework for retention of data for law …
Singapore launches new cloud security standard
Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has launched a new cloud security standard: Multi-Tier Cloud Security (MTCS) Standard For Singapore (SS 584). The IDA explains that the objective …
How much space do you need for structural separation?
I was intrigued to read today’s joint response (from Starhub, M1, MyRepublic, ViewQwest, SuperInternet, Nucleus Connect and the Asia Pacific Carriers’ Coalition) to the Singapore telecoms regulator’s …
Ooredoo and Telenor win Myanmar telecoms licences, Parliament debate telecoms law
Ooredoo (formerly known as QTel) and Telenor have won the process run by the executive branch of the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar for the award …
Myanmar announces 12 Pre-Qualified Applicants for telecoms licences
Following its evaluation of applications, the Government of Myanmar today announced 12 pre-qualified applicants for the two national telecoms licences being allocated by tender: Axiata …