RECOGNISE the need for all ASEAN Member States to implement practical
confidence-building measures and adopt a set of common, voluntary and nonbinding norms of responsible State behaviour in cyberspace so as to enhance trust
and confidence in the use of cyberspace to its full potential to bring about greater
regional economic prosperity and integration;
RECOGNISE ALSO the value of enhanced dialogue and cooperation on
cybersecurity issues with Dialogue Partners and other External Parties, and in
other ASEAN-led platforms, including the ARF and the ADMM-Plus.
TASK relevant Ministers from all ASEAN Member States to closely consider
and submit recommendations on feasible options of coordinating cybersecurity
policy, diplomacy, cooperation, technical and capacity building efforts among
various platforms of the three pillars of ASEAN, so that ASEAN’s efforts are
focused, effective, and coordinated holistically on this important cross-cutting
issue;
FURTHER TASK relevant Ministers from all ASEAN Member States to make
progress on discussions by ASEAN ICT and Cybersecurity Ministers at the
AMCC, TELMIN, as well as other relevant sectoral bodies such as the AMMTC,
to identify a concrete list of voluntary, practical norms of State behaviour in
cyberspace that ASEAN can work towards adopting and implementing, and to
facilitate cross-border cooperation in addressing critical infrastructure
vulnerabilities, as well as to encourage capacity-building and cooperative
measures to address the criminal or terrorist use of cyberspace , taking reference
from the voluntary norms recommended in the 2015 Report of the United Nations
Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and
Telecommunications in the Context of International Security (UNGGE).
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