ForSG

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The official link shortener for healthcare institutions

Background

In recent years, there has been a spike in the number of phishing scams, including those in the healthcare sector. Healthcare institutions rely heavily on sending links to members of public (MOPs) to provide general information or updates on healthcare matters. These URLs are long and hard to read, therefore giving opportunities for scammers to spoof these links.

Solution

For.sg is an anti-scam measure built to provide public healthcare institutions a secure link shortener that MOPs can recognise easily. It is part of the healthcare product suite for healthcare institutions, which helps to improve their operational efficiency.

Legitimate for.sg domain lets citizens know they are assessing a verified healthcare website
Uses analytics to measure and track the click throughs of links
Allows file sharing via a customised and trustworthy short link
Allows for search of links owned by other officers and request for link transfer
Educate the MOPs to verify domains of the urls through a short transition page

Impact

MOHH entities consisting of 33 public healthcare institutions have onboarded, including all public hospitals

Team