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The Digital and Intelligence Service

About the Sentinel Programme

Learn what the Sentinel Programme is about.

Last updated 14 August 2026

What Is the Sentinel Programme?

The Sentinel Programme is a talent development programme to equip youths with cybersecurity and digital skills. The Programme is organised by the Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS), in collaboration with the Defence Technology Community and is fully sponsored by MINDEF/SAF.

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Programme Structure

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Secondary

The programme will build foundational skills in computing and cybersecurity. Lower Secondary students will attend 3-day workshops during the school holidays.

Upper Secondary students will deepen their skill sets through holiday workshops and classes on Saturdays. Students will also have opportunities to visit our defence agencies.

Upon graduation from Secondary school, interested students will be invited to continue with the post-secondary programme.

Post-Secondary

The programme will deepen students' cybersecurity knowledge in real-world applications. They will attend 3-day workshops during school holidays, as well as classes on Saturdays.

Students will also have opportunities to visit and intern at our defence agencies and be mentored by cybersecurity professionals.

2027 Schedule For The Sentinel Programme [PDF, 258.47 KB] (opens in new tab)

The Sentinel Journey

Participants of the programme can expect to:

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Achieve

Become more proficient and hone your skills further through competitions organised by the programme and MINDEF/SAF agencies.

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Build

Meet like-minded individuals from other schools and build strong, long-lasting relationships.

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Learn

Dive into cybersecurity and learn essential skills like coding and network forensics.

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Experience

See what life as a cyber or tech professional is like first-hand through visits, internships and mentorships with MINDEF/SAF agencies.

Find out more about the Sentinel Journey through the video below

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What Participants Will Learn

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Examples of topics that participants will learn are shown in the table below.

Student Cohort

Examples of Topics

Capstone Projects

Lower Secondary

  • Introduction to Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • Introduction to Cybersecurity

  • Web Application Development and Security (Javascript and HTML)

  • Network Forensics

  • Server-side Programming

  • Developing a password-protected image safe

  • Detecting spam and phishing attacks

  • Developing a user authentication and attack detection application

Upper Secondary

  • Front-end Web Development with React

  • Web Application and Database Security

  • Cybersecurity Ethics and Network Penetration Testing

  • AI in Security and Large Language Models

  • Developing a multi-page web application

  • Protecting and exploiting network protocols

  • Building a Chatbot


Junior College/ Polytechnic/ ITE

  • Python Programming

  • Network and Cloud Security

  • Network Application Programming and Network Security Products

  • AI Applications in Cybersecurity

  • Developing web crawlers

  • Developing and breaking into Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) multiplayer games

  • Developing Intrusion Detection Systems with AI applications

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