Rising Tide Cybersecurity Management

Cybersecurity buying in Singapore turns on PDPA, the CSA Cybersecurity Act, and sector mandates from MAS and MOH. Use this checklist before you shortlist.

How to evaluate a cybersecurity vendor in Singapore

• Confirm scope, rules of engagement, and who owns remediation before you sign.
• Treat ISO 27001 / SOC 2 Type II / CREST as a baseline — ask for the auditor name and audit date, not just a logo.
• Separate 'managed' from 'monitored': ask exactly what the vendor does at 3am when an alert fires, and whose name is on the on-call roster.
• Check which reports are board-, audit-, or regulator-ready (MAS TRM, HCSF, or IM8 as applicable to you).
• Get a fixed-fee scope for the first 90 days with unit pricing for extra endpoints, log volume, or incident-response hours.

Verify for Rising Tide Cybersecurity Management

• Confirm key details directly with the vendor — this listing isn't vendor-managed yet.
• Ask for two recent Singapore client references you can speak with.
• Request evidence of relevant certifications and their current validity.

Questions to ask

• What is included in scope and retest, and what is explicitly excluded?
• Can you share two Singapore clients in my sector and size that I can speak to?
• How do you meet PDPC's 72-hour breach-notification window contractually?