Singapore-based data protection software firm Straits Interactive has teamed up with SMU Academy to form a new Data Protection Excellence Network, which will provide SMEs here with resources to train their own data protection officers. The network will offer courses in data protection, with lessons in topics such as data legislation, information privacy and hands-on data protection training. Part of the collaboration includes two new advanced certificates in data protection offered by the SMU Academy. In a first in the region, the certificates will lead to an advanced diploma with digital credentials.