Next steps: takeaways and action

By way of conclusion, the hosts of the dialogue encouraged participants to offer one key takeaway from the dialogue and one key action to take after the dialogue

Takeaways

• The importance of communication and dialogue in building transparency and trust.
• Given many States’ resource constraints, cyber security discussions should be consolidated as far as possible in the UN. Where cyber security discussions are held in other forums, it should be make clear whether and how they relate to UN discussions.
• The importance of multistakeholder engagement.
• The benefits of developing a human-centric approach to cyber security.
• The pivotal role played by regional organisations in identifying cyber threats; responding to cyber security incidents; identifying synergies and divergences in cyber security laws, policies and strategies; sharing best practices; building trust; and developing cyber capacity building projects.
• The need to strengthen cyber networks within and across States.
• The importance of recognising that States and regions have different approaches to cyber security and thus have different needs and priorities.

Actions

• To promote constructive cyber security dialogues within civil society, among cyber security professionals and across national agencies.
• To ensure that cyber security decision-making is the product of a “diversity of minds”.
• To ensure better representation and participation of stakeholders in UN cyber governance processes.
• To develop national, regional and international metrics to measure and rank cyber maturity.
• To produce publicly available State positions on cyber security to increase transparency for national and international audiences.
• To make cyber security information and resources more readily available and accessible to all members of society.

Russell Buchan
Wilton Park | June 2024

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