Indian, Singaporean officials attend first Cyber Policy Dialogue

Indian and Singaporean officials exchanged views on the cyber threat landscape, national cyber strategies and policies, threat assessment and policies and developments in the global cyber governance dialogues under the aegis of the United Nations while they attended the First Cyber Policy Dialogue on Thursday.

IBNS • 19 Oct 2024, 12:20 pm

The dialogue was held in Singapore.

First Cyber Policy Dialogue between India and Singapore
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The dialogue was co-chaired by Amit A. Shukla, Joint Secretary, Cyber Diplomacy, Ministry of External Affairs of India and David Koh, Chief Executive of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore.

"The Dialogue also explored bilateral cooperation regarding cyber threat alerts and responses, exchange of experiences and best practices particularly in protection of critical information infrastructure and joint capacity building/training activities," read a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs.

Cyber space is one of the key areas in digitalization pillar for India-Singapore bilateral cooperation embodied in the India-Singapore Joint Statement issued on the occasion of Prime Minister’s visit to Singapore (September 04-05, 2024).

Establishment of the bilateral Dialogue was a step towards this direction and facilitated identification of potential and practical areas of cyber space cooperation between India and Singapore.