Release of United States’ International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy – United States Department of State

During the RSA conference, in San Francisco, California, the US State Department launched United States International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy: Toward an Innovative, Secure, and Rights Respecting Digital Future, Working with other federal agencies, the State Department developed this strategy to guide and advance international engagement on technology diplomacy national security strategy And National Cyber ​​Security Strategy ,

The strategy focuses on the concept of digital solidarity, which is the willingness to work together on shared goals, stand together, help partners build capacity, and provide mutual support. Digital solidarity believes that when we work together to shape the international environment and innovate at the technological edge, all those who use digital technologies while respecting rights, will be more secure, resilient, self-determined and prosperous. Are there. The concept of digital solidarity rests on efforts to build digital and cyber capacity so that partners are not only able to build a defensible and resilient digital ecosystem in the long term, but are also able to respond quickly and apprehend perpetrators when incidents occur. . And defamatory actors are held accountable. To build broader digital solidarity, the strategy is as follows:

Three guiding principles:

1. A positive approach to a secure and inclusive cyberspace based on international law, including international human rights law;
2. Integration of cyber security, sustainable development and technological innovation; And
3. A comprehensive policy approach that utilizes appropriate tools of diplomacy and international statecraft across the entire digital ecosystem; And

Four areas of action:

1. Promote, build and maintain an open, inclusive, secure and resilient digital ecosystem;
2. Align rights-respecting approaches to digital and data governance with international partners;
3. Advancing responsible state behavior in cyberspace, and countering threats to cyberspace and critical infrastructure by building coalitions and engaging partners; And
4. Strengthen and build international partner digital and cyber capacity, including the ability to combat cybercrime.

Repressive regimes and other actors have misused cyber and digital tools to threaten international peace and stability, harm others, exert malign influence, and undermine the practice of human rights. An innovative, rights-respecting cyberspace and digital technologies strategy is fundamental to U.S. strategic, security, economic, and foreign policy interests.

Moving forward, the United States will work with a wide range of partners around the world to realize and expand digital solidarity.

We will work with allies, partners and stakeholders to shape the design, development, governance and use of cyberspace and digital technologies to advance economic prosperity and inclusion; Enhance security and tackle cyber crime; Promote and protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law; and address international challenges. We welcome all who wish to develop and deploy technology consistent with those goals.

This strategy sets out a path for the United States to mobilize all its resources to implement this positive and proactive approach by building digital solidarity that connects people and information like never before, creating a more Inclusive, safe, prosperous, respecting rights are promoted. A safe and just world.

Building Digital Solidarity: The United States International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy