CyberXCenter led the Telco Sector in CIDEX 2025

The Critical Infrastructure Defence Exercise (CIDeX), co-organised by the Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) is being held from 11 to 14 November at the Singapore Institute of Technology.

The Critical Infrastructure Defence Exercise (CIDeX), co-organised by the Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) is being held from 11 to 14 November at the Singapore Institute of Technology. Minister for Defence Mr Chan Chun Sing and Minister for Digital Development and Information Mrs Josephine Teo visited the exercise site today. During the visit, they were briefed on the conduct of CIDeX 2025 and on how CIDeX strengthens inter-agency collaboration to detect and tackle cyber security threats. Ministers also observed demonstration of tools developed in-house by the Singapore Armed Forces’ Cyber Defence Test and Evaluation Centre.

CIDeX focused on training and strengthening the capabilities of the 11 critical sectors to detect and deal with cyber threats to Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT)[1] networks that control the operations of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII). The exercise is supported by iTrust[2] Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and the National Cybersecurity Research & Development Laboratory. CIDeX is part of the National Cyber Exercise Programme, which is driven by the CSA.

CyberXCenter conducted the exercise with one of the sector – Telecommunication with the following participants:

Government

1.      IMDA

2.      CSA

3.      DIS Internal Personnel

Commercial CIIs

1.      M1

2.      Singtel

3.      Starhub

4.      SPTEL

5.      PSA

6.      MPA