AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL CYBER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY INFORMATION SHARING AND OPERATIONAL COLLABORATION Australia complements its high-level diplomatic efforts with cybercrime threat information sharing and cooperation between international counterparts. This enables Australia and our partners to build a stronger threat picture of cybercriminal identities and methodologies, as well as share best practice mitigation. Australia deploys individuals to partner countries around the globe to deepen information sharing links. The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has established two key working-level cyber partnerships. An ACIC Cybercrime Analyst is posted at the FBI International Cyber Crime Coordination Cell in the United States. Another is posted at the National Cybercrime Unit at the United Kingdom’s National Crime Authority. These deployments enhance ACIC’s ability to attribute real world identities to cybercriminals and develop strategic and operational intelligence products on cybercrime threats. Similarly, the AFP has established dedicated cybercrime liaison positions based in the United States and United Kingdom. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) recently established a Cyber Operations team. This team focuses on the financial aspects of transnational cyber-enabled crime, tracking criminal financial transactions that occur online. The team harnesses established relationships with AUSTRAC partner agencies, FinTech partners and international networks, and develops new relationships with industry. AUSTRAC will continue to collaborate with partner Financial Intelligence Units 42 (FIUs) and participate in international forums, including the Egmont Group of FIUs, to build its capacity to produce financial intelligence on virtual currencies and cybercrime. Australia engages strongly with multilateral law enforcement information sharing networks such as INTERPOL and EUROPOL. The INTERPOL National Central Bureau Canberra, hosted by the AFP, is a conduit for the sharing of cybercrime information and intelligence with law enforcement agencies in the 190 INTERPOL member countries. The INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore also hosts an AFP Cybercrime Investigator in a leadership role. EUROPOL, an intelligence focused support platform for law enforcement, hosts the European Cyber Crime Centre in The Hague in the Netherlands. Australia seconds an AFP Investigator to the centre, which targets technology-enabled serious crime and cyber disruption. The AFP also has a dedicated Cybercrime Liaison Officer based within the EUROPOL Joint Cybercrime Action Task Force. These secondees provide expert support to international efforts, as well as sourcing cybercrime threat information for Australian agencies on a regular basis. Australia also participates in practical cybercrime cooperation mechanisms such as the International Cyber Crime Operations Summit (ICCOS). This initiative aims to degrade high-level cybercrime capabilities through information sharing and operational collaboration. The ICCOS membership