ACTIONS
OUTCOMES
WHO?*
ACTION 1
• New Zealand advances its interest in maintaining
a free, open and secure cyberspace.
MFAT
• New Zealand participates in international discussion
on appropriate state behaviour in cyberspace and
is recognised as a constructive partner.
MBIE
PROMOTE
INTERNET
GOVERNANCE
AND NORMS OF
STATE BEHAVIOUR
THAT REFLECT
NEW ZEALAND’S
INTERESTS
• New Zealand’s cyber infrastructure is safeguarded
through international engagement on technical
Internet governance matters.
NCPO
MoD
NZDF
NZITF and other
stakeholders
• New Zealand contributes to international
discussions about how international law applies
online, including how to manage national
security interests and human rights obligations
in cyberspace.
ACTION 2
BUILD NETWORKS
OF INTERNATIONAL
OPERATIONAL
COOPERATION
ACTION 3
CONTRIBUTE TO
INTERNATIONAL
CYBER SECURITY
CAPABILITY AND
CONFIDENCE
• International information sharing networks enable
operational agencies to draw on international
expertise for the protection of New Zealand systems
and preventing and/or investigating cybercrime and
other threats.
NCSC
• International links enable agencies to access cyber
training and development opportunities.
MoD
• New Zealand participates in joint cyber incident
response management and crisis response
exercises and initiatives with security partners
and Asia-Pacific partners.
NZITF and other
operational
partners
• New Zealand capacity building helps to raise
regional cyber capability, including through
provision of assistance in the Pacific.
MFAT
• New Zealand helps to build consensus on
cyber confidence building measures in the
Asia-Pacific region, including through the
ASEAN Regional Forum.
Police
MoJ
MFAT
NZDF
NCPO
MBIE
Police
NZITF and other
stakeholders
• New Zealand engages with key partners (including
in the Pacific) to build confidence, pursue
practical cooperation and, where needed,
ensure New Zealand’s concerns are registered.
ACTION 4
MAXIMISE
THE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES
OF CYBERSPACE
FOR
NEW ZEALAND
AND
NEW ZEALANDERS
• New Zealand engages with trading partners on
the development of their national cyber security
practices to ensure new requirements do not
establish barriers to trade.
• Mutual recognition/equivalence of cyber security
measures with trading partners are pursued.
• Engage with industry to understand, and consider
how to address, any cybersecurity related
impediments to trade.
MFAT
NCPO
MBIE
NZTE
Connect Smart
partners
* Refer to page 4 for detail on acronyms.
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