(3) The Commissioner may, for any reason that appears to the Commissioner to be sufficient, at any time revoke an individual’s appointment as a cybersecurity technical expert.
(4) The Commissioner must issue to each cybersecurity technical expert an identification card, which must be carried at all times by the cybersecurity technical expert when performing the role of a cybersecurity technical expert.
(5) A cybersecurity technical expert whose appointment as such ceases must return any identification card issued to the cybersecurity technical expert under subsection (4) to the Commissioner.
Emergency cybersecurity measures and requirements
23.—(1) The Minister may, if satisfied that it is necessary for the purposes of preventing, detecting or countering any serious and imminent threat to—
- (a) the provision of any essential service; or
- (b) the national security, defence, foreign relations, economy, public health, public safety or public order of Singapore,
by a certificate under the Minister’s hand, authorise or direct any person or organisation specified in the certificate (called in this section the specified person) to take such measures or comply with such requirements as may be necessary to prevent, detect or counter any threat to a computer or computer system or any class of computers or computer systems.
(2) The measures and requirements mentioned in subsection (1) may include, without limitation—
- (a) the exercise by the specified person of the powers in sections 39(1)(a) and (b) and (2)(a) and (b) and 40(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68);
- (b) requiring or authorising the specified person to direct another person to provide any information that is necessary to identify, detect or counter any such threat, including—
