In a joint statement, India and United Kingdom (UK) have reiterated commitment to a partnership for vision 2030 for an open, accessible and peaceful cyberspace.
According to the joint statement, the rules-based international order must be upheld online, just as it is offline. India and the United Kingdom expressed concern by the increased willingness of states and their proxies to undertake malicious cyber activities contrary to identified norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace.
Earlier, in May 2021, both countries agreed to an Enhanced Cyber Security partnership. With the recent announcement, India and the UK outline their commitment to a joint programme of cooperation to deliver this partnership, focused on cyber governance, deterrence, resilience and capacity building.
Both countries vowed to work to elaborate under the United Nations (UN) framework a comprehensive international convention on countering the use by criminals of ICTs to increase international cooperation on preventing, deterring, mitigating, investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes, ensuring speedy justice for the victims of cybercrime and taking into account the need for appropriate safeguards including data protection.
Meanwhile, the countries said they will continue to work closely with industry and through international standards organisations to ensure internet of things (IoT) connectable devices are secure by design.
