Factsheet on ASEAN Cyber Capacity Programme
The ASEAN Cyber Capacity Programme (ACCP) aims to build cyber capacity in ASEAN
Member States. It will enhance regional ability to respond to the evolving cyber
threat landscape and to build a secure and resilient ASEAN cyberspace. Launched in
2016, a funding of SGD10 million, to be utilised over five years has been committed.
Comprising a series of events and initiatives, the ACPP seeks to develop technical,
policy and strategy-building capabilities within ASEAN Member States. Focus areas
under the programme includes cyber policy, legislation, strategy development as
well as incident response. Events under the ACCP will include workshops, seminars
and conferences, which will be organised in collaboration with Singapore’s other
regional initiatives such as the Singapore Cooperation Programme established by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Third Country Training Programme with the United
States.
The programme targets ASEAN policy officials, diplomats, prosecutors as well as
technical operators and analysts. Trainers of the programme are selected from the
INTERPOL Global Centre for Innovation in Singapore, ASEAN Dialogue Partners,
academics from institutes as the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at
the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS),the Cyber Security Agency of
Singapore and other relevant agencies. Events will be publicised through various
ASEAN mechanisms and representatives from ASEAN Member States will be invited
to sign up.
An annual event which will be included in the ACCP calendar is the Singapore
International Cyber Week, which incorporates the ASEAN Ministerial Conference on
Cybersecurity as a key platform for regional cybersecurity policy and strategy
discussions. Another event is the Cybersecurity Workshop jointly conducted by the
Singapore and the United States with participation from other countries as well as
industry partners. Other initiatives will be progressively introduced next year.