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Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies Unveils New Digital Defence Hub to Step Up the Fight Against Advanced Digital Threats

The new unit will partner with Whole-of-Government and industry partners to counter sophisticated digital threats targeting national critical infrastructure.

 

Singapore, Oct. 17, 2025 – At the Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies’ (CSIT) annual closed-door technical conference, TechCon, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. K Shanmugam, announced the setup of CSIT’s new unit, Digital Defence Hub (DDH).

In his speech as Guest-of-Honour at the event, Minister Shanmugam highlighted that CSIT is “taking the next step in capability-building for Singapore’s digital defence,” in setting up DDH “to bring dedicated focus on developing and deploying capabilities to support a greater range of stakeholders across government and our critical infrastructure sectors.” He added, “By combining the Government’s and industry’s operational experience and expertise, we can stay ahead of adversaries by developing playbooks that anticipate their moves and disrupt their activities.”  

Against a rapidly evolving global security environment and threat landscape, DDH will focus on providing advanced cybersecurity services and capabilities to counter sophisticated cyber threat actors such as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups. DDH will collaborate with and support Government agencies like the Cyber Security Agency to conduct technical monitoring and investigations of such threats targeting Singapore’s government systems and critical infrastructure.

Mr. Darren Teo, Chief Executive, CSIT, highlighted the importance of partnerships with the industry and leveraging technology effectively to safeguard Singapore’s digital space. He said “Developing innovative technologies and capabilities are crucial to Singapore’s digital domain. As we are a small country with an outsized digital footprint, we need to leverage technology effectively to safeguard our digital space and ensure that critical digital services can continue to run reliably.  Close collaboration with industry partners is essential because the digital and cyber space is vast and globally interconnected, and the Government needs to partner industry to counter threat actors who could be operating from anywhere in the world. Through the DDH, CSIT will provide a platform to collaborate in building capabilities and sharing intelligence and insights to better safeguard our digital space.”

DDH brings together CSIT’s expertise in cyber threat research, malware analysis, threat hunting, and red teaming to enhance national digital defence. At the same time, DDH provides a collaborative platform for the technology industry to strengthen partnership with CSIT and the Singapore Government.

By partnering with key industry players, CSIT and DDH can strengthen operational outcomes for national digital defence, such as through co-developed capabilities and exchange of cyber threat intelligence.

As cyber-attacks and digital crime, such as scams, grow more prevalent and sophisticated, CSIT, through DDH, will continue to strengthen its capabilities and work closely with Government and industry partners to counter these risks and safeguard Singapore’s digital space. 

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Factsheet on Digital Defence Hub (DDH)

The Digital Defence Hub (DDH) is a new unit within the Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT) that delivers advanced cybersecurity services and capabilities to the Whole-of-Government (WOG) to deal with national, high-impact threats such as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups are a class of cyber threat actors which are highly skilled, well-resourced, and usually state-linked.

DDH will collaborate with and support government agencies like the Cyber Security Agency to conduct technical monitoring and investigations of such threats targeting Singapore’s government systems and critical infrastructure.

DDH brings together CSIT’s expertise in cyber threat research, malware analysis, threat hunting, and red teaming to enhance national digital defence.

  • To support malware analysis, CSIT’s ACUBE is a malware analysis platform that automates and streamlines the study of malicious software. It enables security researchers to rapidly draw insights into malware behaviour, supporting more effective incident response and threat hunting.
  • For effective threat hunting, NEMOS is a threat detection system that harnesses CSIT’s unique threat insights to enable effective detection and proactive hunting of cyber threats across networks.

By partnering with key industry players, CSIT and DDH can strengthen operational outcomes for national digital defence, such as through co-developed capabilities and exchange of cyber threat intelligence.