ASIA 2025
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
1️⃣ Government
Singapore – Cyber Security Agency (CSA SG)
- Campaign: Singapore Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign (branded under “Go Safe Online”).
- 2025 Plan: Continue with practical consumer protection themes: password safety, scam avoidance, business toolkit support. Expect expansion on scam SMS filtering & AI-driven fraud awareness.
- 🔗 Go Safe Online
- 📩 Contact: info@csa.gov.sg
Japan – National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC)
- Campaign: Information Security Awareness Month (traditionally in February, but linked campaigns in October too).
- 2025 Plan: Heavy emphasis on critical infrastructure resilience and Olympics legacy systems (post-2021). Public-facing guides for individuals & SMEs.
- 🔗 NISC Japan
- 📩 Feedback Form: security-info@nisc.go.jp
India – Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) + CERT-IN
- Campaign: October Cybersecurity Awareness under Digital India & Cyber Swachhta Kendra.
- 2025 Plan: “Cyber Surakshit Bharat” → Phishing, mobile malware clean-up, youth digital literacy.
- 🔗 CERT-IN
- 📩 info@cert-in.org.in
South Korea – KISA (Korea Internet & Security Agency)
- Campaign: National Cybersecurity Awareness Month tied to joint gov+industry events, usually October.
- 2025 Plan: AI threats + digital finance + 5G security.
- 🔗 KISA English Site
ASEAN Regional
- ASEAN Cybersecurity Cooperation Strategy → joint training weeks each October, often co-hosted by Singapore, Malaysia, or Thailand.
2️⃣ Educational / Semi-Government
- Singapore NUS (National University of Singapore) – School of Computing, AI & Cybersecurity Programme
- Runs Cyber Awareness campaigns with CSA each October.
- 🔗 NUS Computing Security
- Keio University (Japan)
- Annual Cybersecurity Week with NISC, workshops on IoT, smart cities.
- 🔗 Keio Cybersecurity
- IITs in India (Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Kharagpur)
- Run Cybersecurity Week hackathons, workshops tied to CERT-IN.
- KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology)
- Runs cyber awareness workshops, often in partnership with KISA.
- Hong Kong University (HKU) + HKUST
- Participate in Cyber Security Awareness Day campaigns with Hong Kong Police Force in October.
3️⃣ Big Tech (Regional Divisions)
- Microsoft Asia
- Runs Defending the Digital Asia webinars during October.
- 🔗 Microsoft Asia Security
- Google Asia-Pacific
- “Be Internet Awesome” curriculum promoted via schools during CSAM.
- 🔗 Google APAC Safety
- Alibaba Cloud & Huawei
- Sponsor October security summits, particularly in China / SE Asia (though China has its own national cybersecurity week annually in September, not October).
- LINE (Japan, Korea, SE Asia)
- Runs annual Safety Awareness Days across Japan, Korea, Taiwan in sync with CSAM themes.
4️⃣ Private / Independent (Non–Big Tech)
- APNIC (Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre)
- Runs October awareness training, webinars, focusing on internet infrastructure.
- 🔗 APNIC Training
- ISACA Asia Chapters (India, Singapore, HK, Japan)
- Multiple events & webinars during October tied to CSAM.
- EC-Council (India/Singapore HQ)
- October campaign with free awareness toolkits for SMEs.
- 🔗 EC-Council Global
- NGO – Internet Society Asia-Pacific
- Runs cyber awareness on privacy + digital rights, links up with October campaigns.
- 🔗 ISOC Asia-Pacific
- Youth‑focused initiatives: Smaller cyber groups in India (e.g., Cyber Peace Foundation) run October school talks targeted for children.
✅ Summary (Asia 2025):
- Gov: Major players = Singapore CSA, Japan NISC, India CERT-IN, Korea KISA, ASEAN coordination.
- Edu: NUS, Keio, IITs, KAIST, HKU, HKUST actively run October campaigns.
- Big Tech: Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Huawei — major footprint.
- Private/Independent: APNIC, ISACA chapters, EC-Council, Internet Society APAC, Cyber Peace Foundation.