Norms for Cybersecurity in South East Asia

Broad adoption of cybersecurity norms can help promote social and economic development, as well as improve the international security context in the Southeast Asian region by lending to the region’s stability and creating a solid footing for further harmonization of policies.

This paper outlines the existing efforts around cybersecurity norms and related activities in a variety of forums, and charts their development processes. It explains the benefits of collaborative cybersecurity for the region, and suggests some areas for the region’s stakeholders to continue work on norms development:

• Establishing a common language to guide cybersecurity discussions.
• Developing policies for coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure.
• Encouraging cooperative information exchange to promote regional security.
• Building capacity within the region.
• Enshrining the multistakeholder model at the heart of the norm development processes.