Over $16m awarded to 18 projects in cyber security

Funds support research and innovation efforts in the field to boost ecosystem here

- Zhaki Abdullah Correspondent

As part of efforts to strengthen Singapore’s cyber-security ecosystem, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) on Nov 14 awarded more than $16 million to support 18 research and innovation projects in the field.

Of these, 13 new research projects were awarded up to a total of $13.2 million under the Translation and Innovation Grant 2025, led by the CyberSG R&D Programme Office (CRPO).

These projects have produced solutions that are currently undergoing various stages of research, testing and real-world implementation, in collaboration with businesses and government agencies, CSA said.

Among the projects was AutoSOC, a collaboration between Nanyang Technological University and cyber-security firm Antarex.

AutoSOC is an agentic artificial intelligence system - which can act autonomously to make decisions and perform tasks with little human intervention - designed for automated security operations centre applications.

These projects will be incorporated into Propel-X, a new generative AI enabled coaching and collaboration platform, which connects academia and industry.

Propel-X is a joint initiative between CRPO and the A*Star Institute for Infocomm Research.