GovWare 2025 to mark 10 years of partnership with the Singapore International Cyber Week

GovWare Conference and Exhibition 2025, Asia’s premier cybersecurity event, will return from 21 to 23 October 2025 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre Singapore. Over 13,000 policymakers, cyber and corporate leaders, practitioners, and academia are expected to explore how cybersecurity must evolve in response to breakneck innovation, emerging vulnerabilities, and shifting digital boundaries at the event. 

Source: GovWare 2025. The showfloor in 2024.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of GovWare’s partnership with Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW), organised by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA). 

According to GovWare organisers Image Engine, 2025 is a critical moment for the cybersecurity ecosystem. While rapid digitalisation and technological advancement are reshaping global systems, innovations like AI are unlocking new possibilities, including expanding the threat surface across every layer of enterprise and society. 

Organisations and businesses today face a surge in cyber risks, including the misuse of generative AI, vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, sophisticated disinformation tactics, supply chain attacks, and real-time manipulation of data and services. 

These threats are compounded by heightened geopolitical tensions, which are increasingly playing out in cyberspace. Recent incidents, such as the state-linked campaign by UNC3886, have revealed how persistent, well-resourced actors are targeting both public and private systems with increasing precision, underscoring the urgent need for coordinated, cross-sector responses across the region.

In this landscape, cybersecurity has evolved from a technical concern into a boardroom priority. The risks now extend beyond IT to include regulatory exposure, reputational damage, operational disruption, and erosion of public trust. Cybersecurity must be treated as a strategic imperative that demands executive leadership, governance foresight, and sustained investment. Collaboration, transparency, and cross-sector cooperation are essential to building long-term resilience.

GovWare 2025 will convene global and regional leaders to navigate this shift, focusing on how organisations can move from reactive compliance to proactive resilience. The event continues to serve as a catalyst for real-world dialogue, policy alignment, and innovation at the intersection of technology, governance, and leadership.

This year’s theme, Cyberspace: Of Starbursts, Black Holes, and Last Frontiers, draws inspiration from deep space to reflect the scale, speed, and uncertainty of today’s digital frontiers.

“GovWare 2025 marks a critical milestone, with 10 years of partnership with the SICW, and more than three decades of convening cybersecurity leaders from across sectors and geographies,” said Ian Monteiro, Executive Director of Image Engine.

“This year, we aim to deepen the dialogue and sharpen the focus on trust, accountability, and strategic foresight. In today’s high-stakes climate, GovWare is where critical conversations on cybersecurity leadership, regulation, and AI governance are redefined.”

Supported by the CSA, GovWare 2025 represents the enterprise component of SICW. Yock Hau Dan, Assistant Chief Executive (National Cyber Resilience) of CSA said: “The evolving cyberthreat landscape exacerbated by AI and geopolitical tensions calls for stronger international cooperation and deeper public-private collaboration to deal with the challenges more effectively. This year marks the 10th anniversary of SICW, and we are pleased to continue our partnership with GovWare. Together, we offer an inclusive platform to bring likeminded people to Singapore to contribute to efforts to secure our cyberspace.”

Details

Registration for GovWare 2025 is now open at www.govware.sg