AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL CYBER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY Maintain strong relationships with international partners Engaging internationally to strengthen the collective cyber security of Australia, the Indo‑Pacific and the broader global community is a key objective for Australia. The global nature of the Internet means that cyber threats emerging anywhere in the world can impact Australia. Our international engagement will seek to build Australia’s knowledge and capabilities and to enhance the cyber security posture of international partners, particularly those with extensive economic, diplomatic and social links with Australia. By improving the cyber security of our partners, we strengthen our own cyber defences. Sharing cyber security information with international partners builds strong collective understanding of threats. It also improves our combined ability to prevent, detect, analyse, respond, mitigate and recover from cyber security threats and incidents. Building trusted international cyber security threat sharing networks gives Australia and our partners the best possible chance of staying ahead of malicious actors. Through the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Australia engages with international cyber security organisations, law enforcement agencies and industry partners. This cooperatively develops our collective cyber resilience, and assists law enforcement agencies to investigate cybercrimes. Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and cyber security centres around the world work to protect and respond to incidents affecting systems of national interest. Partners are able to build a trusted community where indicators of compromise and threat information are shared – preferably automatically. This ensures that all members of trusted information sharing networks are well-placed to take informed actions in their respective domestic contexts. This cooperation is framed by Australia’s suite of cyber policy dialogues with a range of international partners including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. THE AUSTRALIAN CYBER SECURITY CENTRE’S INTERNATIONAL CYBER ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) brings together cyber security capabilities across the Australian Government to enable a more complete understanding of sophisticated cyber threats, facilitate faster and more effective response to significant cyber incidents, and foster better interaction between government and industry partners. The ACSC engages with international partner organisations to share cyber threat information, to cooperate on operational responses to major cyber incidents and to work collaboratively on best practice mitigations. 24