March 27, 2007 at 01:07Singapore introduces network monitoring system
Singapore plans to introduce an integrated Internet monitoring system that could theoretically collect and analyze information, while identifying possible threats to national security.
Project as reportedWired News, called RAHS (short for Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning, which can be translated as "Risk Assessment and Network Space Scan"). The initiative is very much like the Total Information Awareness program launched in the United States several years ago. The Total Information Awareness project envisaged the creation of a special system that would track financial transactions, the movement of people throughout the United States and analyze email. However, the TIA project was sharply criticized by privacy advocates, and as a result, its funding was discontinued.
The architecture of the RAHS will be different from the architecture of Total Information Awareness. It is assumed that the new security package will allow you to identify the relationship between certain events and information on the Internet. This, in particular, should facilitate the disclosure of conspiracies, preparing terrorist acts, and so on. Initially, the Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning system will link five government agencies. In the future, the complex will monitor and collect information in computer networks of all government organizations in Singapore.
It should be added that a global Internet monitoring system is currently being developed in the United States. The project was called ADVISE, and most of the information about it is still classified.
Project as reportedWired News, called RAHS (short for Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning, which can be translated as "Risk Assessment and Network Space Scan"). The initiative is very much like the Total Information Awareness program launched in the United States several years ago. The Total Information Awareness project envisaged the creation of a special system that would track financial transactions, the movement of people throughout the United States and analyze email. However, the TIA project was sharply criticized by privacy advocates, and as a result, its funding was discontinued.
The architecture of the RAHS will be different from the architecture of Total Information Awareness. It is assumed that the new security package will allow you to identify the relationship between certain events and information on the Internet. This, in particular, should facilitate the disclosure of conspiracies, preparing terrorist acts, and so on. Initially, the Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning system will link five government agencies. In the future, the complex will monitor and collect information in computer networks of all government organizations in Singapore.
It should be added that a global Internet monitoring system is currently being developed in the United States. The project was called ADVISE, and most of the information about it is still classified.