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.
Another five cyber-security companies were collectively awarded about $3 million in funding under the Cybersecurity Call for Innovation (CyberCall) 2024, led by the CyberSG Talent, Innovation and Growth (TIG) Collaboration Centre.
Among the five is Singapore-based Betterdata, which proposed the development of a model to generate synthetic data that can safeguard people’s privacy, as well as the confidentiality of their data.
CyberCall is CSA’s annual challenge supporting the development of innovative cyber-security solutions. The awarding of the 18 projects was announced by Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How on Nov 14 at CyberSG Innovation Day 2025, held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre.
