Cyber ASEAN

Summary

Cyber ASEAN is a capacity building and development initiative that aims to advance Southeast Asia’s proactive role in strengthening its overall cybersecurity and resiliency posture.

Details

Context

Cyber ASEAN is a landmark initiative that seeks to elevate our engagement in the region as we move toward all things digital. It exemplifies the Pacific Forum’s capacity for providing in-depth analysis of, and proposing solutions to, key strategic and security issues facing Southeast Asia specifically, and the IndoPacific more generally. Although cyber and critical tech may appear futuristic, Cyber ASEAN’s foundation rests on the Forum’s long history of engaging the region, especially Southeast Asia, in other domains such as maritime, nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and regional security architecture.

Aim

Held with support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the project’s goal is ambitious, seeking to develop Southeast Asia’s cyber competency guided by the principles of pragmatism, community-building, and agency.

Activities

• Cyber Threat Tracker
  • The Cyber Threat Tracker provides a snapshot of the cyber threat landscape in Southeast Asia. The portal highlights cyber activities linked to cyber threat actors based on publicly available information. If you are interested in contributing or suggesting any cyber incidents we might have missed, please send us an email at cyber@pacforum.org
• Throughout 2022-2023, Cyber ASEAN has embarked on a region-wide consultation among key stakeholders in our pilot partner countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. As part of our broader effort to raise more public awareness on the growing economic and security impacts of cybersecurity in Southeast Asia
• Cyber ASEAN Framework
• Implementation of multistakeholder consultations in the Philippines, Viet Nam, Indonesia, and Malaysia
• Virtual Experts meetings of Cyber ASEAN