G7 DECLARATION ON RESPONSIBLE STATES BEHAVIOR IN CYBERSPACE LUCCA, 11 APRIL 2017 INTRODUCTION We remain committed to an accessible, open, interoperable, reliable and secure cyberspace. We recognize the enormous benefits for economic growth and prosperity that we and all others derive from cyberspace as an extraordinary tool for economic, social and political development. We are concerned about the risk of escalation and retaliation in cyberspace, including massive denial-of-service attacks, damage to critical infrastructure, or other malicious cyber activity that impairs the use and operation of critical infrastructure that provides services to the public. Such activities could have a destabilizing effect on international peace and security. We stress that the risk of interstate conflict as a result of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) incidents has emerged as a pressing issue for consideration. Furthermore, we are increasingly concerned about cyber-enabled interference in democratic political processes. We encourage all States to engage in law-abiding, norm-respecting and confidence-building behaviour in their use of ICT. Cooperative approaches would also contribute to the fight against the use of cyberspace by non-State actors for terrorist and other criminal purposes. For these reasons, the G7 set an ambitious course in promoting security and stability in cyberspace and the protection of human rights, through “The Principles and Actions on Cyber” endorsed in Ise-Shima on 26 and 27 May 2016. We continue to call upon all States to be guided in their use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) by the cumulative reports of the United Nations Groups of Governmental Experts in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security (UN-GGE). Reaffirming our commitment to contribute to international cooperative action and the protection against dangers resulting from the malicious use of ICTs, we support the following Declaration, and encourage similar commitments from other States: 1