Sri Lanka CERT has established the Malware Analysis & Threat Hunting (MATH) Lab, a national-level cybersecurity facility aimed at strengthening proactive cyber defence across government institutions and Critical Information Infrastructure (CII), marking a significant shift from reactive incident response to intelligence-led threat detection.
The launch of the MATH Lab comes as Sri Lanka continues to expand digital government services and online public platforms amid growing cyber threats, including phishing attacks, data breaches and the exploitation of exposed digital assets, said a media release.
It said: Cyber threats have increased in complexity and frequency as Sri Lanka keeps growing its online public platforms and digital government services. Phishing campaigns, data breaches, and exploitation of exposed digital assets pose growing risks to national systems. While the National Cyber Security Operations Centre (NCSOC) offers centralized monitoring and incident response, it was evident that a specialized capability centered on proactive threat identification and sophisticated analysis was needed, which is why the MATH Lab was created.
The MATH Lab complements the NCSOC by introducing advanced and specialised functions, including proactive threat hunting, actively searching for hidden threats within networks before they cause damage, using globally recognized methodologies.
The MATH Lab will continuously monitor publicly accessible digital assets of government organisations using External Attack Surface Monitoring (EASM) to find weaknesses, configuration errors, and possible points of entry for attackers. To improve collective defence, the MATH Lab will collect, analyze, and disseminate actionable threat intelligence to relevant government stakeholders through national cyber threat intelligence (CTI) dissemination.
Through structured monitoring of externally exposed government assets and intelligence led investigations, the Lab aims to detect threats at an early stage, reduce attacker dwell time, and prevent large scale cyber incidents before they escalate.
The MATH Lab is designed to support over 250 government entities by enhancing coordinated national defence mechanisms. It enables a more unified and intelligence-driven approach to cybersecurity across multiple sectors such as health, education, energy etc.
Sri Lanka CERT is strengthening the nation’s autonomous cyber capacity by developing cutting-edge local competence in malware analysis and threat hunting. This improves national self-sufficiency in managing sophisticated cyber threats and lessens dependency on outside responses.
The establishment of the MATH Lab demonstrates Sri Lanka’s commitment to protecting its digital infrastructure and ensuring trust in public digital services. It represents a forward-looking investment in national security, technological capability, and institutional cyber resilience. Sri Lanka CERT remains committed to continuously improving the country’s cybersecurity posture and working collaboratively with government institutions to safeguard Sri Lanka’s digital future.
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