{
  "id": 1932082,
  "title": "Singapore Poly to offer ethical hacking services, give students real-world experience",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/singapore-poly-to-offer-ethical-hacking-services-give-students-real",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-19T12:31:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/singapore-poly-to-offer-ethical-hacking-services-give-students-real-world-experience"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Singapore Polytechnic has become the first tertiary institution in Singapore to offer penetration testing services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), aiming to give its students real-world experience in cybersecurity. The service, which involves systematically probing a company’s systems for security gaps and vulnerabilities, will be free unless advanced tools are required. This initiative, part of the broader CASTLE program, also provides SMEs with advisory services and awareness training. The program is a response to the persistent shortage of cybersecurity talent in the country, and aims to equip students with authentic industry experience while helping SMEs strengthen their cybersecurity defenses.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}