Singapore govt data incidents rise, but severity declines Singapore govt data incidents rise, but severity declines There has been a downward trend in the severity of the incidents. Credit: Joshua Ang / Unsplash The number of Singapore government data security incidents rose from 75 in the 2019 financial year to 108 in FY2020, representing a year-on-year increase of 44 per cent. However, although the number of data incidents has nearly doubled in a year, there has been a downward trend in the severity of the incidents, with none of the incidents logged in FY2020 assessed to be of high severity. Moreover, all incidents were addressed within 48 hours.