Publications of the Prime Minister’s Office 2024:13 5.3 Pillar III: Cooperation A solid national and international cooperation model STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF THE AREA: • Finland actively influences and participates in normative international cooperation concerning the cyber domain, such as cyber diplomacy and the development of regulations. • Finland actively participates in, and proactively influences cooperation on cybersecurity, cybercrime prevention and cyber defence, and supports its partner countries. • Cybersecurity opportunities provided by the EU and NATO are ensured. • The public and private sectors develop a model of closer cooperation that reinforces trust. • Information required for cooperation between public authorities is shared seamlessly. • The public sector develops and provides centralised cybersecurity services in partnership with the private sector. Finland actively influences and participates in cooperation The Government Report on Foreign and Security Policy, the Government Defence Report, the Government Report on Internal Security, and the Cyber Security Strategy impose national long-term objectives for responding to cyber threats. They also accommodate EU and NATO cybersecurity and cyber defence objectives and obligations. These objectives are specified through the national cyber policy. Monitoring of the implementation and effectiveness of the objectives assigned for cyber diplomacy, cybersecurity and cyber defence is harmonised through comprehensive cooperation at the strategic level. Finland continues its intensive participation in normative international cooperation concerning the cyber domain, and in exchanging views on how international law on certain issues regulates the use of information and communication technologies by states. Finland is updating its position on the application of international law in the cyber domain and influencing political decision-making on cybersecurity, 32