The 8th ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC) was convened on 18 October 2023 in Singapore. The AMCC was chaired by Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity of the Republic of Singapore. The Main Session of the AMCC was attended by participants from all ASEAN Member States (AMS). The ASEAN Deputy SecretaryGeneral for Economic Community was also in attendance.

The 8th AMCC built on past AMCC sessions and exchanged perspectives on the rapidly changing cyber landscape as well as discussed ways to strengthen and advance regional cybersecurity efforts against increasingly sophisticated and transboundary threats. AMCC participants affirmed the importance of cybersecurity as a key enabler for the region to reap the benefits of digitalisation and promote the safe interaction within the digital economy. The participants recognised the heightened level of cyber threats globally, including the emergence of new threats to Critical Information Infrastructure protection, ransomware, AIenabled cyber threats as well as scams

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