Organisation Structure

The ACICE is led by a Singaporean Executive Director, who oversees the day-to-day operations of the ACICE.

The ACICE has an Advisory Board comprising the ADSOM Working Group (WG) Leaders or delegated representatives from all ASEAN Member States’ defence establishments. The Chairman of the Advisory Board will be held by the incumbent ADMM Chair.

The Advisory Board will consolidate AMS’ views and advice on the ACICE; and ACICE on the research areas, activities and products; as well as recommend collaborations with other ADMM initiatives. The members of the Advisory Board are:

Country

Name

Appointment

Brunei

LT KOL(U) Zainolhizad bin Hj Mohd Zain

Head, Cyber Defence Unit, Royal Brunei Armed Forces

Cambodia

COL Khan Mao

Chief of Cybersecurity Office, Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of National Defence

Indonesia

COL Devis Lebo 

Deputy Director of Operations, Cyber Defence Centre, Ministry of Defence

Laos (Chair)

COL Feuangxay Milakong

Deputy Director General of Foreign Relations Department

Malaysia

RADM Fadhil Bin Abdul Rahman

Director-General, Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Division

Myanmar

BG Ko Ko Oo

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Philippines

Christine June P. Cariño

 

Director, Office for Cyber and Information System Management, Department of National Defence (DND)

Singapore

BG Ng Pak Shun

Group Chief Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Defence

Thailand

MG Chanog Jornjumrus



Director-General, Cyber Center, Defense Information and Space Technology Department, Ministry of Defence

Vietnam

MG Nguyen Tung Hung

Deputy Commander in Chief Cyber Security Command, Ministry of Defence

The ACICE comprises three centres – the Cybersecurity Centre, the Information Centre and the Research Centre. The Cybersecurity and Information Centres will host defence experts from the cybersecurity and information domains respectively, and will produce regular reports, as well as facilitate information sharing in that domain. The Research Centre will collaborate with think-tanks and academic institutes to conduct longer-term research on the impact of developments in digital and information technologies on defence.

The progress of ACICE will be reported annually to the ADMM through the ADSOM and ADSOM WG.

ACICE is also supported by prominent cyber and information experts around the world. They are:

  • Mr Melvyn Ong , Permanent Secretary (Defence Development), Ministry of Defence; Permanent Secretary (Development), Ministry of National Development, Singapore

  • Mr Benjamin Ang, Head, Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

  • Prof Chen Dongxiao, President, Shanghai Institutes for International Affairs

  • Mr Nicholas Fang, Director of Security and Global Affairs, Singapore Institute of International Affairs; Founder/Managing Director, Black Dot

  • Dr Kiran Garimella, Assistant Professor, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University

  • Prof Lee Eun-Ju, Director, Center for Trustworthy AI, Seoul National University

  • Mr Christopher Painter, President, Global Forum on Cyber Expertise Foundation

  • Dr James Pamment, Director, Psychological Defence Research Institute, Lund University

  • Mr Giacomo Persi Paoli, Head of Programme, Security and Technology, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

  • Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Senior Fellow, Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University

  • Mr Tan Ah Tuan, Head of R&D at Ensign Labs; Head of Labs at Ensign Infosecurity