OCBC Targets 200 Homegrown Cyber Risk and Security Staff

OCBC is partnering with Temasek Polytechnic in an effort to train up to 200 employees to become cyber risk analysts and cybersecurity specialists in the next three years.

The bank and higher education institution will launch a cyber certification program focused on four main areas: digital services and solutions, software development, risk and assurance, and security operations and monitoring. OCBC collaboration with lecturers of Temasek Poly’s School of Informatics and IT will also cover subject matters such as risk management, audit, and cybersecurity.

At OCBC, we strongly believe that people will be the most important line of defense against potential threats, said Vincent Choo, OCBC’s head of group risk management. The bank takes great efforts to ensure that our people are aware of and trained to deal with existing and emerging risks.

The certification is part of OCBC’s Future Smart program, a $20 million initiative to upgrade internal talent. In July 2019, OCBC also partnered with Ngee Ann Polytechnic to create a data certification program to train 200 data science and analysts over the next three years in order to double the number of such talents.