Pillar Five: Forge International Partnerships to Pursue Shared Goals Strategic Objective 5.1: Build Coalitions to Counter Threats to Our Digital Ecosystem Initiative Number: 5.1.1 Initiative Title: Create interagency teams for regional cyber collaboration and coordination Initiative Description The Department of State will develop department staff knowledge and skills related to cyberspace and digital policy that can be used to establish and strengthen country and regional interagency cyber teams to facilitate coordination with partner nations. NCS Reference The United States and international counterparts can advance common cybersecurity interests by sharing cyber threat information, exchanging model cybersecurity practices, comparing sectorspecific expertise, driving secure-by-design principles, and coordinating policy and incident response activities. Responsible Agency: State Contributing Entities: Commerce, DHS, DOJ, CISA, FBI, USAID Completion Date: 1Q FY25 46 NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN