The Association of Information Security Professionals (AISP) was registered with the assistance of the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) and the strong support of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (iDA) in February 2008. It was officially launched on 17 April 2008 by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports. AISP aims to: To promote, develop, support and enhance the integrity, technical competence, management expertise, status and interests of information security professionals in Singapore. To promote the development, increase and spread of information security knowledge and of any related subject.