More Singapore Government transactions to go 2-Factor Authentication

The IDA Assistant Chief Executive, who oversees infrastructure and services development, spearheads Singapore's ambitious next-generation national broadband network which aims to avail ultra-high speed Internet connectivity to homes, businesses and schools by 2012.

Khoong also oversees the Wireless@SG initiative, which provides free public wireless hotspots within the island-state, and the National Grid, among others. Also under his purview is the revised National Authentication Framework (NAF). Having made news headlines recently in June, the NAF is now positioned as a government-led common authentication layer. It will be run by an Authentication Operator (AO) which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IDA, but the building and operations of the NAF infrastructure will be outsourced to a third-party via a Request For Proposal (RFP).

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