CSA Singapore announces partnerships with Google, AWS and TRM Labs on cybersecurity with AI and blockchain

Both Google and AWS will provide AI-driven threat intelligence to CSA while TRM Labs will focus on AI-powered blockchain intelligence.

Google and AWS both announced renewed partnerships with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) at the Singapore International Cyber Week 2025. The partnerships see both tech vendors offer more AI capabilities in cybersecurity, especially with the countries facing increasing cyber threats.

For Google, the renewed collaboration with CSA focuses on the adoption of advanced AI-powered security by public sector agencies and new programs to help local businesses and individuals defend against digital threats. This includes AI-driven intelligence sharing on cyber threats, joint operations against malicious activities, technical collaboration on AI-powered security solutions, as well as capacity building efforts.

According to Royal Hansen, Vice President, Engineering, Google, AI has given a historic opportunity to reshape the cybersecurity landscape.

“By leveraging it proactively, we can tilt the balance from attackers to defenders to strengthen cyber resilience. However, technology is just one piece of the puzzle, which is why public-private partnerships such as the one between Google and CSA are a strategic imperative to help us deploy, learn and iterate on how we can leverage AI successfully for cybersecurity,” Hansen said.

David Koh, Chief Executive of CSA welcomed the efforts of Google, and looks forward to continued collaboration to advance the shared mission of building a safer cyberspace for all users.

“As AI permeates more aspects of our everyday lives, AI security has become more critical, especially when it comes to developing areas like agentic AI,” Koh said.

Among the initiatives by Google in Singapore in the public sector includes the adoption of Google Cloud Cybershield by government agencies like the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech Singapore). Cybershield addresses traditional defense weaknesses like fragmented data, limited attacker insight, and talent gaps by providing AI and intel-driven national-scale cyber defense.

Meanwhile, AWS signed a new Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with CSA to facilitate intelligence sharing, joint operations on incidents affecting systems of national importance, technical collaborations such as joint tabletop exercises, and ecosystem development.

The MOC advances the company’s commitment to make Singapore a safe and secure Smart Nation and reflects AWS’s ongoing collaboration with governments in the digital domain to build a safer cyberspace for all.

“Cybersecurity is a team effort, and we look forward to establishing a new partnership with Amazon Web Services to strengthen Singapore’s cyber defences. By leveraging the expertise of key industry players, we can better secure our systems, mitigate risks arising from the use of Cloud and Artificial Intelligence and develop capability,” commented Koh.

For Paul Vixie, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer, Security, and Deputy CISO at AWS, security is top priority for the vendor.

“This is why we work closely with all stakeholders, both public and private, to help build towards a more secure and resilient future for the cloud. This collaboration further strengthens our commitment to help Singapore transform into a secure global AI hub where technology drives positive societal impact,” Vixie said.

Apart from collaborations with Google and AWS, CSA also signed a MOC with TRM Labs on AI-powered blockchain intelligence. The MOC will see TRM will grant CSA access to its blockchain intelligence platform and associated AI features — including generative and reasoning components — while contributing data and technical expertise to co-develop solutions tailored to CSA’s long-term operational needs.

Both TRM and CSA will collaborate to explore the development of a blockchain tracing solution that uses agentic AI to track the national ransomware exposure level in Singapore with greater accuracy and establish stronger linkages between on-chain and off-chain adversary activity — improving the agency’s efforts to disrupt ransomware groups’ activities.

“Partnering with CSA is a pivotal step in bringing cutting-edge AI to the front lines of cyber defense. This partnership with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore builds on our ongoing efforts to create a safer digital world — including initiatives such as Beacon Network — a real-time, private-public intelligence sharing system that helps stop illicit funds. By combining our industry-leading cross-chain analytics and AI-driven blockchain intelligence with Singapore’s cybersecurity expertise, we are helping shape the next frontier of digital trust and resilience,” Esteban Castaño, Co-founder and CEO of TRM Labs said.

“As cyber threats grow in sophistication, it is important for us to build AI capabilities to strengthen Singapore’s national cyber defenses. Through these partnerships, which includes the adoption of Agentic AI threat analysis to accelerate threat detection, it will strengthen our incident response against cyber threats,” Edward Chen, Deputy Chief Executive (National Cyber Resilience) of CSA commented.

As part of the MOC, TRM will tap resources and expertise across its global operations and affiliates to support CSA’s mission outcomes. The parties will explore co-development pathways that fuse CSA’s operational insights with TRM’s technology to deliver scalable, data-driven capabilities for investigations, threat hunting, and real-time risk response — supporting Singapore’s digital trust and innovation agenda.