The threat of a terror attack is at its highest ever in recent times and security agencies have been packing more muscle to deal with the possibility of a strike.

These measures amount to Singapore’s largest counter-offensive against the terror threat, but has this been enough?

At a panel discussion organised by Insight last Monday, experts said the nation still has some way to go.

Associate Professor Kumar Ramakrishna, head of policy studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, said these efforts will go some way towards boosting awareness of the threat and could “pay dividends” in future.