A/69/112 The United Kingdom recognizes that cyberspace is a fundamental element of critical national and international infrastructure and an essential foundation for economic and social activity online. Actual and potential threats posed by activities in cyberspace are of great concern. Our response details national and international approaches that have been and will be taken in order to strengthen security and promote cooperation in this field. These approaches have been underpinned by the United Kingdom’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, published in November 2011. The United Kingdom has participated actively and constructively in the international debate on cybersecurity. We have provided experts for all three Groups of Governmental Experts and welcome the consensus report of the last Group, making valuable progress in reaching common understandings on norms of State behaviour in cyberspace and affirming the applicability of international law in cyberspace. The United Kingdom also welcomes the adoption of the first set of regional confidence-building measures on cyberspace that were successfully negotiated at OSCE. The response outlines the United Kingdom’s work on sharing best practice worldwide, both by working with international partners to tackle cybercrime and major incidents and by its commitment to building cybercapacity and cybercapability. The United Kingdom looks forward to seeing further progress in all of these areas. This includes the forthcoming Group of Governmental Experts, the implementation of confidence-building measures in OSCE and the development of further confidence-building measures there and in other regional groups, the establishment of computer emergency response teams and increased cooperation among them, strengthening law enforcement cooperation on cybercrime, and promoting the multi-stakeholder approach. The United Kingdom is pleased to be actively engaged on these important issues and looks forward to further participation in strengthening capability and international cooperation on cybersecurity. The full text of the United Kingdom’s submission http://www.un.org/disarmament/topics/informationsecurity/. 18/18 can be found at 14-56479