Mr David Koh, 52, is Singapore's cyber-security czar. His appointment in August came with the enactment of Singapore's Cybersecurity Act, which empowers him to seize computers to obtain confidential information from local organisations to investigate suspected cyber attacks.
The law could not have come at a better time. This year, Singapore faced its biggest data breach - one involving 1.5 million patients' personal information.
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