Publications of the Prime Minister’s Office 2024:13 cybercrime and cyber defence at the UN, the EU, NATO and other key international organisations and networks. Finland is also a reliable partner in Euro-Atlantic cooperation, a provider of security, and a responsible state actor with respect to the cyber environment. Cybersecurity cooperation is extensive, and particularly profound with key like-minded EU Member States, the Nordic and Euro-Atlantic countries, and certain countries in the Indo-Pacific region on the basis of shared values. Finland promotes multilateral cyber diplomacy with a view to creating and maintaining an open, free, secure and stable cyber environment. The EU Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox provides instruments for responding to and preventing cyber threats. Finland shields itself against potential cyber threats originating in third countries through cyber defence, cybersecurity and cyber diplomacy. The methods of cyber diplomacy include reinforcing the multilateral system on the basis of international law, partnerships, dialogue and trust-building measures. The common cyber policy and regulations of the EU concerning cybersecurity also provide a framework for Finnish cybersecurity legislation. Attention must be paid to assessing the impact and implementation of new regulations, and to allocating sufficient resources to public authorities. Finland as a member of the EU and NATO The European Union is Finland’s most important political and economic frame of reference and community of values. Finland participates in and actively influences EU cybersecurity work, including the work of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre and Network. By exerting influence in the EU, Finland promotes projects and decisions that are important for comprehensive security, and which enhance the preparedness of the EU and its Member States, including the field of cybersecurity. Finland actively influences the development of EU cybersecurity policy and regulation, promoting its own national model based on comprehensive security and proactive preparedness in the EU and other Member States. Strengthening and establishing the new cybersecurity functions and bodies set up at the EU in recent years is an important way to reinforce EU cybersecurity and national situational awareness. The objective is to help develop a shared EU commitment and thereby fortify incident resistance in the cyber environment. One key outcome is the achievement of EU strategic autonomy and the preservation of an open economy. 33