Singapore’s national cyber defense will progressively deploy AI across key operations, starting with the National Cybersecurity Command Centre (NC3) and the Government Cybersecurity Operations Centre, with industry and technology partners helping accelerate deployment in critical sectors.

A national Protective Domain Name System (PDNS) will be developed to block known malicious domains, reducing phishing, fraud, and malware risks by preventing threats from reaching users.

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore is already building AI tools for automated discovery and mapping of externally accessible assets and vulnerabilities, while GovTech uses AI agents to speed up security testing.

The third cybersecurity strategy emphasizes early action, nationwide scale, and speed to outpace malicious actors, covering critical infrastructure protection, AI and quantum capability development, international cooperation, and specialist training.

NC3 will provide a nationwide view of vulnerabilities and threats, enable continuous monitoring of critical infrastructure, and consolidate data from government agencies, critical infrastructure owners, cybersecurity companies, and international partners.

Singapore will prioritize adapting and integrating existing AI models for national cyber defense, rather than building bespoke models for every task, as Senior Minister K. Shanmugam noted at Singapore International Cyber Week.

Singapore will also develop AI harness engineering to securely integrate selected AI models with cyber defense tools, data, and workflows to suit specific needs.