The ASEAN Digital sector was formerly known as the ASEAN Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector and covers cooperation of ICT infrastructure, telecommunications regulation, ICT development policies, information and network security, ICT skills, and other areas under the purview of ASEAN ministries of ICT.

As the adoption of ICT or digital technology grows rapidly with the digitalization of almost all sectors of the economy, the roles of the ASEAN ICT ministries have expanded into facilitators of transformation into the digital economy and society. The ministries have also been tasked to be in charge of digital data policy and regulation, cybersecurity in a broader context, online platform and content regulation, and other policy areas to create and maintain an innovative, secure, sustainable and inclusive digital ecosystem. In October 2019, the sectoral name was officially changed from ICT to Digital.