Helena Huang is Associate Research Fellow with the Executive Deputy Chairman’s Office at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Prior to joining RSIS, she worked at the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA). She holds a Master of Science in International Relations from RSIS and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English from NTU. Her research straddles both digital and cyber issues, covering topics such as how the use of digital technologies impact states and societies, digital rights, cybercrime, as well as business and human rights.

• Impact of digital technologies
• Digital rights
• Cybercrime
• Business and Human Rights

RSIS Commentary Series

• Internet Governance: Priority Issues for ASEAN

  09 February, 2024

• UN Cybercrime Convention: Relevance to ASEAN

  16 January, 2024

• CO17138 | Trafficking in Persons and Forced Labour: Southeast Asian Scenario

  21 July, 2017

Journal Articles

• “Cybercrime in ASEAN: Fostering Regional Cooperation” in Home Team Journal, 14, , 2024, 155

Edited Books / Special Issues

• Confident Identities, Connected Communities: Building Cohesion through Shared Experiences (with Leong Chan-Hoong, and Clarence Lim), Eds. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2023

Chapters in Edited Books

• “AI vs. Cybercrime: Strategies for a Safer Digital World” in , Singapore Cyber Landscape. Singapore: Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, 2024, 21

• Speaker, “Cybercrime and National Security: Understanding the Threat and
   Building Collaborative Defences”, Singapore Police Force Cybercrime Awareness Week, Singapore, 31 July 2025
• Speaker, “Your World, Their Crime: Cybercrime in a Bigger Context and Protecting Our Connected Communities”, INTERPOL Cyber Aware Webinar for Youth: Empowering Youth for a Safer Digital Future, Singapore, 30 July 2025
• Chair, “RSIS Roundtable on “Inside the Network: Understanding Cybercrime Ecosystems in Southeast Asia””, Singapore, 25 July 2025
• Panellist, “AI-enabled Cybercrime: Separating Hype from Reality”, RSAC Conference 2025, San Francisco, United States of America, 28 April- 1 May 2025
• “Experts Offer Insights from Theoretical to the Realities of AI-enabled Cybercrime”, Information Media Security Group Network’s Data Breach Today, San Francisco, United States of America, 29 Apr 2025
• Discussant, “Safety by Design, Best Practices and Tech Solutions”, Google 2025 Online Safety Dialogue, 25 April 2025
• Discussant, “Building Resilience Against Scams and Fraud in Southeast Asia – Singapore” Virtual Roundtable Discussion”, Organised by Tech For Good Institute, Singapore, 3 April 2025
• Speaker and Panellist, “Looking forward: What are the concerns and threats emerging in the next 3-5 years: Can we prepare now?”, Forging Collaborative Cyber Resilience: Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Democratic Institutions, Organised by the Embassy of Canada in Manila, Stratbase Research and Intelligence, Manila, Phillippines, 11-12 March 2025
• Guest speaker, “Fireside Chat with Helena on Cybercrime and Security in Computing”, Organised by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Vietnam, 6 January 2025
• Panellist, “Bridging the Gap? Technologies and Organized Crime”, Organized Crime and Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific: Toward a transnational crisis?, Organised by the Foundation for Strategic Research and the Center for International Studies of Sciences Po, Paris, France, 29 October 2024
• Speaker, “Global Cybercrime Outlook and Implications on the ASP Region”, 1st Asia and South Pacific Working Group Meeting on Cybercrime for Heads of Units, INTERPOL, Manila, Philippines, 17-19 September 2024
• Panel Moderator, “Cyber Capabilities and Capacity Building for Cybercrime Operations – Needs, Progress, and Gaps”, 1st Asia and South Pacific Working Group Meeting on Cybercrime for Heads of Units, INTERPOL, Manila, Philippines, 17-19 September 2024
• Podcast guest, “Regional Approaches to Tackling Cybercrime – Views from South East Asia”, Global Initiative and Transnational Organized Crime, 23 May 2024
• Speaker, “Organised Crime, Critical Technologies and their Impact in South East Asia and Beyond”, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 33^rd Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Virtual Side Event, Organised by the Australian Government and supported by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, the Government of the Philippines, the Regional Support Office of the Bali Process and the Global Initiative and Transnational Organized Crime, Vienna, Austria, 14 May 2024
• Speaker, “Towards A Regional Response”, Regional Meeting on Technology and Crime in Southeast Asia, Organised by the Global Initiative and Transnational Organized Crime and Lydekker, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26-27 February 2024
• Panel Commentator, Session 6: “Prevention Strategies of Oversea Labor Exploitation and International Cooperation”, 2017 International Workshop on Strategies for Combating Human Trafficking, Organised by the National Immigration Agency Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, 25-26 July 2017