•MyResponder: This application helps citizens to alert the Strategy (SNDGO, 2018): SCDF about emergencies. It has saved twenty lives to date • Bringing businesses and the community together to create and has seventy thousand users; a safe cyberspace; •Wireless Alert Alarm System: This scheme involves the • Developing a cybersecurity ecosystem with the assistance of implementation of an alert button in seniors’ households. highly skilled individuals and tech companies. The buttons have been placed in 10,100 homes so far. • The Government Data Strategy is organized around the Integrated Data Management Framework (SNDGO, 2018), All these applications aim to facilitate communications between whose aims comprise: government agencies, people, and businesses, and the volume • Reducing time and resources allocated to double-check data; of data generated through these applications is helping the • Restricting dataset fusion to specific centers to ensure data government to continually devise and adapt approaches to protection; answer citizens’ and businesses’ needs. Simultaneously, • Ensuring efficiency in distributing adequate datasets to users; citizens and companies can provide feedback to different • Enabling access to data for policy analysis, operations, and governmental agencies directly through applications or on private sector facilitation. government agencies’ online platforms. The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), enacted in 2012, 7. Data management states the baseline of personal data protection in Singapore (SNDGO, 2018). The government is currently reviewing the In Singapore, the Smart Nation program aims to use technology PDPA to ensure that it evolves with businesses’ and individuals’ disruption as a global force for the nation. The development of needs in a digital economy. The PDPA (2012 and 2021 digital technologies represents a vital opportunity for Singapore amendments) covers all electronic and nonelectronic personal to overcome its physical constraints and national challenges data, regardless of whether the personal data is true or false. (SNDGO, 2018). Each person has the responsibility to protect their own personal data. In addition, to ensure privacy of personal data within the The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is the lead public sector in Singapore, the Governance Act was enacted in agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative and 2018 (SNDGO, 2018). This act aims to provide a more significant public sector digital transformation. GovTech is in charge of safeguarding of both personal data and consumers’ trust14 developing Singapore’s government capacities in such areas as data science, artificial intelligence, application development, 7.2 Being at the forefront of the latest technologies sensors and IoT, digital infrastructure, and cybersecurity.13 The Singaporean government aims to maintain the city-state’s The implementation of the Smart Nation program aims to leading position in terms of technological developments and facilitate innovation through publicly available datasets. It will to promote digitalization. Therefore, the government is always also include living laboratory-like artificial intelligence to boost on the lookout for the latest cutting-edge technology. The 5G and promote innovation. mobile network will be implemented as part of the NB-IoT network plan (SNDGO, 2018). Wireless@SG will ensure that 7.1 Data security fiber optic coverage is implemented so that every person can access high-speed Internet. Additionally, Singapore will focus Since more government services are being digitalized, on strengthening its relationship with the world to benefit from cyberthreats are becoming more and more critical. In 2015, rapid technological changes and improvements brought about while it was designing its strategy to become a Smart Nation, by globalization. Singapore’s objective is to be known as a Singapore formed the Cybersecurity Agency of Singapore digital hub worldwide and the Global-Asia node for technologies (SNDGO, 2018). A year later, in 2016, the Singapore Cybersecurity and innovation (SNDGO, 2018). Strategy was published to outline the main priorities to ensure a resilient data infrastructure (SNDGO, 2018). AI represents a critical opportunity for Singapore, since it has the potential to transform every aspect of Singaporeans’ Some other initiatives to ensure data security within Singapore lives by enabling personalization and anticipatory services have been implemented under the National Cybersecurity (SNDGO, 2018). So far, Singapore has allocated up to 150 (13) https://www.csa.gov.sg/news/press-releases (14) https://www.smartnation.gov.sg/what-is-smart-nation/initiatives (Accessed on 22 March 2021). 159 Quélin and Smadja | HEC PARIS | SMART CITIES | The sustainable program of six leading cities | 2021