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 | BG (U) Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Alirupendi bin Haji Perudin | Joint Force Commander, Royal Brunei Armed Forces |
Cambodia | COL Khan Mao | Chief of Cybersecurity Office, Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of National Defence |
Indonesia (Chair) | BG Tri Rana Subekti | Head of Cyber Defence Centre, Ministry of Defence |
Laos | COL Feuangxay Milakong | Deputy Director General of Foreign Relations Department |
Malaysia | RADM Dato Shamsuddin Bin Haji Luddin | Director-General, Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Division |
Myanmar | LTC Thant Zin Aung | GSO-1, OCMSA |
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 | MAJ Nhuan Duong Do | Deputy Head of Division Cyber 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 Benjamin Ang, Dy Head CENS, NTU RSIS
- 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. Eun-Ju Lee, 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