While an ever increasing number of people here are plugging into broadband connections, concerns over security breaches have held back these so-called government e-services.
But on Tuesday, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang announced plans to develop a high-tech security system for Government websites.
It would mean Singaporeans have to get through two levels of security to access services.
Called two-factor authentication, this is similar to what Internet banking customers do: They need a user name and password to get through a first level of security, and then have to key in a second, randomly-generated password sent to them remotely by their bank.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Alfred Siew
Quelle/Source: AsiaOne, 18.06.2008
