Singapore, ASEAN and international cybersecurity

Benjamin Ang, Singapore, ASEAN and international cybersecurity 

Published chapter in Tikk, Eneken, and Mika Kerttunen, Routledge Handbook of International Cybersecurity. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2020, 17

The Routledge Handbook of International Cybersecurity examines the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) from the perspective of international peace and security.

Acknowledging that the very notion of peace and security has become more complex, the volume seeks to determine which questions of cybersecurity are indeed of relevance for international peace and security and which, while requiring international attention, are simply issues of contemporary governance or development. The Handbook offers a variety of thematic, regional and disciplinary perspectives on the question of international cybersecurity, and the chapters contextualize cybersecurity in the broader contestation over the world order, international law, conflict, human rights, governance and development.

The volume is split into four thematic sections:

  1. Concepts and frameworks;
  2. Challenges to secure and peaceful cyberspace;
  3. National and regional perspectives on cybersecurity;
  4. Global approaches to cybersecurity.
Abstract for this chapter: As an international centre of exchange and commerce, Singapore needs new technologies and skills to connect across the world. The commitment of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to international cybersecurity stems from member states’ recognition that their digital economies need to be secure. The Heads of State at East Asia Summit 2018 also agreed that ‘effective international cooperation would benefit from identifying mechanisms for the participation, as appropriate, of the private sector, academia and civil society organisations’. ASEAN faces significant structural challenges to cooperation in cyberspace issues, stemming from the uneven distribution of technological, operational, policy, and legal capacity and capabilities of ASEAN member states. ASEAN member states’ see their national security, stability and economic growth being reliant on an ‘open, secure, stable, accessible, and peaceful information and communication technologies environment’ for the digital economy development, not only domestically but also internationally.




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