help foster an environment which allows our law enforcement agencies to work together
to ensure fewer places exist where cyber criminals can act without fear of investigation
and prosecution;
promote the resilience of cyberspace by shaping the technical standards governing
emerging technologies internationally (including encryption), making cyberspace more
‘secure by design’ and promoting best practice;
work to build common approaches amongst like-minded countries for capabilities such as
strong encryption, which have cross-border implications;
build the capacity of others to tackle threats to the SL, and our interests overseas;
continue to help our partners develop their own cyber security – since we share a single
cyberspace, we collectively become stronger when each country improves its own
defenses;
There are a range of relationships and tools we will continue to invest in to deliver and underpin
all our international cyber objectives; we cannot achieve our objectives in isolation. These
include:
working in concert with traditional allies and new partners to establish and maintain
strong active political and operational relationships; creating the political conditions to
build strong global alliances;
Building stronger relationships with non-government actors – industry, civil society,
academia and the technical community. These actors are crucial in informing and
challenging international policy formulation, and strengthening political messages on a
wide range of cyber issues. Our world-class academic links provide a neutral,
collaborative platform with international partners.
The Government will measure its success in advancing our international interests in cyber by
assessing progress towards the following outcomes:
enhanced international collaboration reduces cyber threat to the SL and our interest
overseas;
a common understanding of responsible state behavior in cyberspace;
international partners have increased their cyber security capability; and