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Asian Nations (ASEAN) has subscribed in principle to the 11 voluntary, non-binding
norms on responsible State behaviour in the use of ICTs and to date remains the only
regional organization to have adopted these norms. At the sixth ASEAN Ministerial
Conference on Cybersecurity, held in 2021, participants discussed the progress of the
ASEAN long-term regional action plan on the implementation of norms of
responsible State behaviour in cyberspace, which seeks to ensure effective and
practical implementation of these norms, including in the areas of cooperation among
computer emergency response teams, protection of critical information infrastructure
and mutual assistance in cybersecurity. The regional action plan was endorsed at the
second ASEAN Cybersecurity Coordinating Committee in November 2021 and
remains a living document for further review. The ASEAN cybersecurity cooperation
strategy for the period 2021–2025 updated the ASEAN strategy for cybersecurity
cooperation to create a safer and more secure cyberspace in the ASEAN region.
ASEAN has agreed to establish a regional computer emergency response team, which
will contain the ASEAN computer emergency response team information exchange
mechanism, to strengthen the Association’s response to cybersecurity incidents.
Through the ASEAN Regional Forum points of contact directory on security of and
in the use of ICTs, members of the Forum are able to contact their counterparts in the
event of a cyberincident.
Capacity-building
Singapore believes that capacity-building is an essential pillar of the agreed
normative framework, insofar as it is important to ensure that all States have the
capacity to implement the normative framework and their obligations under
international law. In line with this, Singapore is committed to sharing our exp erience
and expertise with fellow States Members of the United Nations, especially small
developing countries, at the regional and global level.
To support capacity-building at the regional (ASEAN) level, Singapore
established the ASEAN Cyber Capacity Programme in 2016 to support capacitybuilding in ASEAN countries on cyberpolicy, as well as operational and technical
issues. Following positive feedback from international partners and participants on
the Programme, Singapore announced the establishment of the ASEAN-Singapore
Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence in October 2019, with a commitment of
$30 million over five years until 2023, to carry out cybersecurity training programmes
for senior ASEAN policy and technical officials. The Centre’s campus was off icially
opened in October 2021 during Singapore International Cyber Week. To date, the
Centre has delivered more than 30 programmes attended by over 1,250 senior officials
from ASEAN and beyond, and has collaborated with over 40 partners across
Governments, the private sector, academia and non-governmental organizations.
Despite travel restrictions arising from the coronavirus disease (COVID -19)
pandemic, the Centre continued to conduct training programmes online and has
organized 21 virtual capacity-building programmes since May 2020.
At the global level, Singapore is working in partnership with the Office for
Disarmament Affairs on the following initiatives:
(a) Under the United Nations-Singapore Cyber Programme, Singapore is
developing a norms implementation checklist through a series of workshops across
various regions, in partnership with the Office for Disarmament Affairs. The checklist
will take the form of a guide setting out a set of actions that developing countries can
take towards implementing the 11 voluntary, non-binding norms on responsible State
behaviour. Singapore held the first workshop on norms implementation to develop
the checklist with States members of ASEAN in March 2022, which focused on
implementing norms on critical infrastructure protection, vulnerability reporting and
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