To
increase global cybersecurity and promote the digital economy, the
United States and India have committed to robust cooperation on cyber
issues. To that end, the United
States and India met at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC
on August 11 and 12 for the 2015 U.S.-India Cyber Dialogue.
The
whole-of-government Cyber Dialogue, fourth in the series, was led by
the U.S. Cybersecurity Coordinator and Special Assistant to the
President Michael Daniel and by
India’s Deputy National Security Advisor Arvind Gupta. The Department
of State Coordinator for Cyber Issues Christopher Painter and the
Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Policy Planning,
Counterterrorism, and Global Cyber Issues Santosh Jha
co-hosted the Dialogue. U.S. whole-of-government participation included
the Departments of State, Justice, Homeland Security, Treasury, and
Commerce. The Indian government was represented by the National Cyber
Security Coordinator at the National Security
Council Secretariat, the Ministry of External Affairs, the Ministry of
Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Communication and Information
Technology.
The
delegations discussed a range of cyber issues including cyber threats,
enhanced cybersecurity information sharing, cyber incident management,
cybersecurity cooperation
in the context of “Make in India,” efforts to combat cybercrime,
Internet governance issues, and norms of state behavior in cyberspace.
The
two delegations identified a variety of opportunities for increased
collaboration on cybersecurity capacity-building, cybersecurity research
and development, combatting
cybercrime, international security, and Internet governance, and intend
to pursue an array of follow-on activities to bolster their
cybersecurity partnership and achieve concrete outcomes.
In
addition to the formal Dialogue, the delegations met with
representatives from the private sector to discuss issues related to
cybersecurity and the digital economy.
The Indian delegation also met with Deputy Secretary of State Antony
Blinken and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and
Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco.
The two countries decided to hold the next round of the Cyber Dialogue in Delhi in 2016.
Source: The White House Press Office
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