Singapore reins in app stores to protect the young
SINGAPORE – Just as age verification is mandatory for pub entry, app stores will soon need to check the age of young users before allowing them to download apps for grown-ups. Come March 31, Singapore’s media regulator will roll out a new code requiring, among many things, that app stores screen and prevent users aged […]
Cyber Youth Singapore makes appearance in the United Nations Open-ended working group on Information and Communication Technology
SINGAPORE – Just as age verification is mandatory for pub entry, app stores will soon need to check the age of young users before allowing them to download apps for grown-ups. Come March 31, Singapore’s media regulator will roll out a new code requiring, among many things, that app stores screen and prevent users aged […]
Singapore launches Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS)
Singapore’s media regulator will roll out a new code requiring, among many things, that app stores screen and prevent users aged below 18 from downloading apps meant for adults, such as dating apps or those with sexual content. App stores have one year until March 2026 to roll out the measures.
Cyber Youth Singapore’s Ben Chua on CYSummit 2023 and empowering the next generation of tech leaders [Q&A]
Singapore’s media regulator will roll out a new code requiring, among many things, that app stores screen and prevent users aged below 18 from downloading apps meant for adults, such as dating apps or those with sexual content. App stores have one year until March 2026 to roll out the measures.
I lost my purpose as a founder. Asking ‘why’ helped me find it again
I have what you might call a special relationship with entrepreneurship. Most entrepreneurs take a risk by creating a new business in the hopes of enjoying significant rewards one day. But I don’t receive any monetary or in-kind benefits from the business I started.
SM Teo Chee Hean at the Cyber Youth Singapore Re-Launch
Cybersecurity is key to a sustainable digital future. Most of you here are digital natives and are well-aware of the benefits that digitalisation brings. In the last years, in particular, this has been reinforced many times over. Working from home, or indeed anywhere, learning new skills, staying in touch with our friends, catching up on […]
Non-profit Cyber Youth Singapore to offer volunteers for SAF’s new digital defence scheme
SINGAPORE – All male members of Cyber Youth Singapore (CYS), a non-profit organisation, will be encouraged to volunteer to spend their national service as digital specialists in the Singapore Armed Forces. The length of their service will double from two years to four if they are selected by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). They will work […]
Student Volunteer & Recognition Programme Awards Ceremony 2020
The second edition of the Student Volunteer & Recognition Programme (SVRP) Awards Ceremony was held on 24 March 2021 to recognise student volunteers for their contributions to the cybersecurity community. In 2020, close to 100 student volunteers in the SVRP contributed more than 9,000 hours of volunteering to the cybersecurity community.
Ensign, AISP and CYS collaborate to grow young cyber security talent in Singapore
Ensign InfoSecurity, the Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP), and Cyber Youth Singapore (CYS), have signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to provide more targeted skill-appropriate training and development opportunities for students in Singapore. In an effort to groom youths who are interested in cyber security and who might consider pursuing a career in cyber […]