17 countries, including Singapore, launch framework to protect critical underwater infrastructure
The cross-regional nature of GUIDE reflects countries’ desire to work together on shared security challenges that transcend geographical regions, said MINDEF. “GUIDE is an example of how geography is not a barrier, and that countries can collaborate in flexible, issue-based groupings to shape the rules and norms in emerging domains,” it added. Mr Chan said: “Today, the waterways are not just avenues for us to conduct our trade, but underneath those waters are also critical underwater infrastructure that connects our energy grid, our telecommunications grid.” He added: “We don’t want a situation whereby such critical infrastructures are disrupted and all of us get the negative knock-on effect … any attack on one part of the network is an attack on the entire network. “Any disruption on one part of the network is a disruption on the entire network, and that is why it gives us great joy to see so many countries – from Europe to the Middle East to Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific – coming together.” Global communications networks depend on subsea cables, …
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