New Mindef digital defence unit set up to tackle high-level cyber-security threats

2025-10-17 16:37

The Digital Defence Hub consolidating malware analysis (ACUBE) and threat hunting (NEMOS) under CSIT addresses the inter-agency coordination problem, but the operational value depends on the speed of intelligence dissemination to agency security teams outside CSIT. Centralized threat detection capability without fast distribution channels creates a bottleneck rather than a force multiplier. The quadrupling of APT incidents between 2021 and 2024, cited to justify the Hub, is also the baseline against which its effectiveness will eventually be evaluated.