4.3.3 INTERNATIONAL ACTION
Our economic prosperity and social wellbeing increasingly depend on the openness and security
of networks that extend beyond our own borders. It is essential that we work closely with
international partners to ensure the continuation of a free, open, peaceful and secure cyberspace
that delivers these benefits. This will only become more important as the next billion users come
online across the globe.
International cooperation on cyber issues has become an essential part of wider global economic
and security debates. It is a rapidly evolving area of policy, without a single agreed international
vision-with a growing divide over how to address the common challenge of reconciling national
security with individual rights and freedoms, any global consensus remains fragile.
The aim to safeguard the long-term future of a free, open, peaceful and secure cyberspace,
driving economic growth and underpinning CIRT-SLs national security. On this basis, CIRT-SL
will continue to: champion the multi-stakeholder model of internet governance; oppose data
localization; and work to build the capacity of our partners to improve their own cyber security.
In order to reduce the threat to CIRT-SL and our interests, much of which originates overseas,
we will seek to influence the decision-making of those engaging in cybercrime, cyber espionage,
and disruptive or destructive cyber activity and continue to build frameworks to support
international cooperation.
To do this we will:
strengthen and embed a common understanding of responsible state behavior in
cyberspace;
build on agreement that international law applies in cyberspace;
continue to promote the agreement of voluntary, non-binding, norms of responsible state
behavior;
support the development and implementation of confidence-building measures;
increase our ability to disrupt and prosecute cyber criminals based abroad, especially in
hard-to-reach jurisdictions;