for all. Australia has increased its investment through the Cyber Cooperation Program from $4 million in 2016 to $34 million out to 2023. Key initiatives delivered under the Program include: i. ii. iii. iv. c. d. Supporting establishment of the Pacific Cyber Security Operational Network (PaCSON) to share best practice across the Pacific on cyber incident response and build knowledge and awareness of cyber security threat information, tools, techniques and ideas (20172020); International cyber law courses for government legal advisers from ASEAN and the Pacific, jointly funded with Singapore and the Netherlands and delivered through Cyber Law International (2018-2020); and Tailored training across the ASEAN region to consider agreed norms of acceptable state behaviour in cyberspace as recommended by the 2013 and 2015 UNGGE reports, jointly funded with the UK and delivered through the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (20192020). DFAT’s Cyber Bootcamp Project, which provides partners across the Indo-Pacific region with an opportunity to engage directly with policy and operational specialists from across Australia’s public, private and academic sectors. Bootcamps aim to build confidence in countries’ capacities to understand and engage with the full spectrum of cyber-related challenges, issues and opportunities within the region. Under the Australia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) Cyber Security Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2018, Australia partnered with PNG to establish the PNG National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Australia will continue to collaborate with PNG to ensure the NCSC is a sustainable national capability, including through delivering training in cyber security governance, technical cyber security and incident response. Together with Singapore, Australia led development of the 2018 EAS Leaders Statement on Deepening Cooperation in the Security of Information and Communications Technologies and of the Digital Economy, which affirmed EAS member states commitment to cooperate on a range of cyber and digital issues. Australia will remain a vocal supporter of, and active player in, the development of CBMs at the bilateral, regional and international levels. OP 26 (a) OP 26 (b) 2013 GGE Report (A/68/98) The exchange of views and information on a voluntary basis on national strategies and policies, best practices, decision-making processes, relevant national organizations and measures to improve international cooperation. The extent of such information will be determined by the providing States. This information could be shared bilaterally, in regional groups or in other international forums; The creation of bilateral, regional and multilateral consultative frameworks for confidencebuilding, which could entail workshops, seminars and exercises to refine national deliberations on how to prevent disruptive incidents arising from State use of ICTs and how these incidents might develop and be managed; www.dfat.gov.au/cyberaffairs esafety.gov.au/parents