GOAL 5: Cooperation; Responding to the global nature of Cybersecurity threats and attacks through a multi-stakeholders approach and strengthing local and global partnerships. Strategy Statement: To be part of the transnational dimension of cybersecurity incidents and benefit from the support of different organizations for developing countries by utilizing means of local and international cooperation and support. Strategy Guidelines Intra-State Cooperation: 1. MCIT to coordinate data collection on Intra-State Cooperation and recommend further required partnership stakeholders 2 2. MCIT and OOTR will make recommendations with regard to a potential access to international or regional agreements, current processes of developing binding standards where Samoa should participate, as well as 24/7 networks (such as the G8 or Interpol Network). Intra-Agency Cooperation: 3. National Cybersecurity Stakeholders are encouraged to enter into partnerships and programs for sharing Cybersecurity assets (people, process, tools) within the public sector (i.e. official partnerships for the cooperation or exchange of information, expertise technology and/or resources between departments ministries and agencies) 3 Public and Private Partnerships 4. Promote Public and Private Partnership to share Cybersecurity assets (people, process, tools) between the public sectors (i.e. official partnerships for the cooperation or exchange of information, expertise, technology and resources) 4 5. Furthermore identify cooperation partners (such as Matai and Fa’afeagaiga) in rural areas that can support the capacity building initiatives by providing information about security within their daily work and provide them with necessary background information and training materials for the community. 2 Intra-State Cooperation refers to any officially recognised national or sector-specific partnership for sharing cybersecurity assets across borders with other nation state (i.e. signed bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnership for the cooperation or exchange of information, expertise, technology and/or resources) http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Cybersecurity/Document/GCI_conceptual_Framework .pdf. Pg.9. 3 Ibid………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Ibid………………………………………………………………………………………….. Samoa National Cybersecurity Strategy 2016 - 2021 11