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CYBER DIPLOMACY AND

CYBER DEFENCE:
EU EXTERNAL ACTION

The Strategic Compass provides further guidance on strengthening the EU’s ability to prevent, deter and respond to
cyberattacks. The EU is determined to promote and protect a global, open, stable and secure cyberspace for everyone
to have a safe digital life. Increased cybersecurity is essential for the EU to become a resilient, green and digital Union.

Cyber threats are evolving very fast, with technologies being increasingly misused for:

Interference Attacks Cyber espionage Ransomware as Censoring,
in democratic against critical & intellectual a business model observing and
processes and infrastructure property theft for cyber criminals repressing citizens
elections
The EU stands for a global, open, stable and secure cyberspace based on:
CONFLICT PROTECTION OF COOPERATION
GLOBAL PREVENTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS WITH
CYBER RULES BASED AND FUNDAMENTAL INTERNATIONAL
RESILIENCE
ORDER FREEDOMS PARTNERS
EU CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY
The EU Cybersecurity Strategy will increase resilience, technological sovereignty and EU leadership; build operational
capacity to counter malicious cyber activities; and promote cooperation for a global and open cyberspace.
The EU Cybersecurity Strategy covers 4 external policy areas:
LEADERSHIP ON PREVENTING, PARTNERSHIPS EXTERNAL
INTERNATIONAL DETERRING AND AND CYBER
NORMS AND RESPONDING TO INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY
STANDARDS CYBER-ATTACKS COOPERATION BUILDING
• Contribute to the • Implementing the EU Cyber • Dialogues with third • Increase cyber resilience
establishment a UN Defence Policy to be better countries & international and cyber defence
Programme of Action to prepared for, defend against and organisations; capabilities, as well as
Advance Responsible respond to cyberattacks; • Develop inter-regional capacities of partners to
State Behaviour in • Establish an EU Cyber Defence partnerships and set-up investigate and prosecute
Cyberspace; Coordination Centre to enhance bi-regional networks of cybercrimes and engage
• Diplomatic outreach & situational awareness and Cyber Ambassadors; on cyber diplomacy;
multilateral cooperation coordinated response to cyber- • Exchanges with civil • Around 30 projects
(e.g. United Nations); attacks incl. through Cyber in cybercrime &
Rapid Response Teams; society, academics, cybersecurity, including
• Confidence-building private sector. in the Western
measures (e.g. OSCE, • Sustained use of the Cyber Balkans and in the
ASEAN Regional Forum). Diplomacy Toolbox, including
capacity building, political Eastern and Southern
declarations, demarches, neighbourhood.
dialogues, sanctions, to address
persistent malicious behaviour
in cyberspace.

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