Japan and India have reaffirmed their promise to an accessible and secure cyberspace at the time of the Second Japan-India Cyber Dialogue conducted here last week. This data was given by the External Affairs Ministry to the media in a statement last week.
“India and Japan reaffirmed their promise to a free, open, stable, secure, accessible, and peaceful cyberspace, allowing financial innovation and growth,” the statement further claimed. “Above all, both countries reaffirmed that current international rule is normally appropriate in cyberspace and no nation must support or conduct ICT-enabled theft of trade secrets, IP (intellectual property), or other private business data with the intention of offering competitive benefits to its commercial sector or companies,” it further stated.
As per the statement, the regions of discussion comprised local landscape of cyber policy, cyber mitigation and threats, possible cooperation at different regional and international companies, and mechanism on bilateral cooperation. The delegation of India also made a documentation on the 5th Global Conference on Cyber Space to be conducted in November at New Delhi this year. “Both sides shared the opinion that they will intensify the dialogues at different stages comprising through the India–Japan Cyber Dialogue,” the statement further added.
The Indian side included administrators from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Central Bureau of Investigation, National Security Council Secretariat, National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre, Department of Telecommunication, and the National Investigation Agency. All this was headed by Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Sanjay Kumar Verma.
The delegation of Japan was headed by Masato Otaka, Ambassador in-charge of Cyber Policy. Otaka, in Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is also a Deputy Director General of Foreign Policy Bureau. The delegation further comprised administrators from Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity, and the National Police Agency.