Norway’s strategic priorities Cybersecurity: promoting secure, stable and robust digital networks Norwegian society is reliant on secure, stable and robust digital networks to function properly. This also includes basic social functions such as energy supply, water supply, health services, transport, public security and the financial markets. Cybersecurity requires broad cooperation between stakeholders, across national borders. To promote secure, stable and more robust digital networks, the Government will: • Promote international cybersecurity collaboration and agreement on governmental conduct in cyberspace. Today Norway participates in important arenas under the auspices of the EU, UN, OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) and Council of Europe, as well as bilateral and regional dialogues with other countries, including in the context of Nordic cooperation. • Build global understanding of the need for an integrated approach to personal, technological and organisational security measures. Norway will seek to be an example for other states seeking to facilitate productive interaction between digital access providers, suppliers of goods and services and regulatory authorities in order to identify digital threats and deal with cyberspace incidents. It is the responsibility of the authorities to foster a robust security culture that supports human digital conduct. • Intensify international cooperation to build capacity to discover, report and deal with serious incidents in cyberspace. Digital attacks and incidents span national borders, and their prevention and resolution therefore require international cooperation. The Government will continue to develop its collaboration with other countries to improve its own, and partners’, capacity to avert and deal with digital attacks. • Promote international standards and cooperation. Electronic communications are global in nature. Products and services consumed in Norway are very often manufactured and developed in other parts of the world. To contribute to the development of good international standards is therefore in Norway’s interest. The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), as well as the latter’s Technical Committee Cyber (TC Cyber), are important partners at the European level. Globally, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a key figure in cross-border cooperation. • Advocate the adoption of a common European basic security level. The production of Norwegian electronic communication services is largely dependent on physical infrastructure and inputs from suppliers outside Norway. Norway will promote the adoption of an appropriate European regulatory framework that addresses security challenges linked to outsourcing and internationalisation and includes and control of suppliers and cross-border cooperation. • Strengthen cooperation with the EU. Cooperation with the EU in the field of cybersecurity is of great importance to Norway. The Government will maintain its efforts to optimise this collaboration, including by implementing the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (the NIS Directive) and working with the European Network Information Security Agency (ENISA). Norway will also participate in the contractual Public Private Partnership on Cybersecurity (cPPP Cybersecurity). 7